World Polychaeta Database. We will soon cover taxonomy & current status for all annelids (Animalia incertae sedis edits also). Tweets by Geoff Read
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#wormwednesday A massive 500 page review memoir 136 from @niwa_nz of NZ marine biota.
Annelida is chapter 18.
Reposting to update the link.
niwa.co.nz/oceans/niwa-biodi…
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Nearly 30 years studying this family, and have described or redescribed over 50% of known species #wormwednesday
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While exploring the #abyssalplain in international waters south of the Hawaiian Islands over 5,600 meters (18,300 feet) deep, we spotted a flamboyant #squidworm floating through the water, carrying what looks like a piece of #seacucumber.
#WormWednesday Asteroidea-assoc n.sp. Macellicephalini polynoids Ovatocirra shinkaiae & O. flavida added to WoRMS database.
Chuar et al. marinespecies.org/polychaeta…
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新種フカバハボウキ Ilyphagus salazarvallejoi を水深約5600mという非常に深い日本の海から発見しました！
Ilyphagus属は深海の中でも更に深いところからしか見つからず、ほとんど研究のおこなわれていないグループです。日本からは初めての本属の報告となります。
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A New Species of Ilyphagus (Annelida: Flabelligeridae) from Japan
#polychaetes #deepsea #SpeciesDiversity
🔓doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.31.…
#WormWednesday, Perkinsiana yezo Nishi, Tomioka & Jimi, 2026, n.sp. from Hokkaido
A deep-sea polychaete Paralamprophaea nanhaiensis sp. nov. (#Annelida, #Hesionidae) from the South #China Sea
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.587…
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A commented catalogue of #Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850 (#Annelida, #Opheliidae) including a new species from #Brazil
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.587…
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New species and records of #Cirratulidae (#Annelida, #Polychaeta) from methane seep and seamount habitats in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.586…
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『Two New Species of Owenia from South China』
Article: zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journ…
Research Highlight: zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/annoD…
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Well day 4 at IPC15 in Frankfurt certainly started with a smoking topic, and the underworld of Hydrothermal vents. This set up for a great set of talks on ecology, biodiversity and conservation.
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Systematic revision of the genus #Thoracophelia (#Annelida: #Opheliidae) from #Japan
#taxonomy
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.585…
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Global diversity and taxonomic overview of the phylum #Annelida: An integrative review
#taxonomy
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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🐛 Genetic and morphological analyses have been used to clarify the true boundaries of the scale worm genus Eunoe, revealing that only six of the twenty-one species previously assigned to it truly belong there.
🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283…
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The first new species of Oxydromus (#Annelida: #Hesionidae) from the #China Seas
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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Two new species of #Aricidea (Aricidea) (#Annelida: #Paraonidae) from the Andaman coast and the Gulf of #Thailand
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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A new species of deep-sea #Fouling Hyalopomatus (#Annelida: #Serpulidae) from the Mexican Pacific
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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Two new species of pilargid polychaetes (#Annelida: #Pilargidae) from the southern Gulf of California, #Mexico
#taxonomy
#newspecies
doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.583…
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🌊 New deep-sea worm species, Phalacrostemma ritto, described from 675 m depth on the Ritto Seamount of West Mariana Ridge, representing the deepest record of Sabellariidae in Japan and first occurrence of the genus in the region.
➡️ Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1282…
