A new Capitella polychaete worm (Annelida: Capitellidae) living inside whale bones in the abyssal South Atlantic

作者：Silva Camila F^*; Shimabukuro Mauricio; Alfaro Lucas Joan M; Fujiwara Yoshihiro; Sumida Paulo Y G; Amaral Antonia C Z

来源：Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers , 2016, 108: 23-31.

DOI：10.1016/j.dsr.2015.12.004

• Capitellidae
• Whale fall
• Southwest Atlantic
• Taxonomy
• Molecular biology
• Deep-sea

A new species of the genus Capitella, Capitella iatapiuna sp. nov., has been found in deep sea whale-fall samples, Sao Paulo Ridge-Southwest Atlantic. The new species is mainly characterized by a bluntly rounded prostomium and a very distinct peristomium forming a complete ring. Ribosomal 16S sequences were obtained and used for inter-specific comparisons. This species is herein described and compared to others species of the genus. Its ecological role in the whale-fall community is also discussed.

• 出版日期2016-2