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Guide to identification of Lumbrineridae - NMBAQC

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Lumbrineriopsis Orensanz, 1973<br />

<strong>Lumbrineridae</strong> from NE Atlantic waters<br />

Characteristics. Parapodia uniramous, with simple limbate chaetae and simple bidentate hooded<br />

hooks. Aciculae yellow or black. Mx III with two aliform expansions. Mx IV finely denticulate.<br />

Pygidium rounded.<br />

Taxonomy. The genus is characterised by the presence <strong>of</strong> bidentate hooded hooks and the shape <strong>of</strong> the<br />

maxillae. The genus was revised by Miura (1980). Four species are known from NE Atlantic waters.<br />

1. Yellow aciculae .................................................................................................................... 2<br />

- Black aciculae ....................................................................................................................... 3<br />

2. Pros<strong>to</strong>mium prolonged ………….............…. Lumbrineriopsis paradoxa (Saint-Joseph, 1888)<br />

Length ?, width 0.5 mm<br />

France, English Channel, shallow water.<br />

Deep water, NE Atlantic and <strong>of</strong>f<br />

Bermuda.<br />

Figs from left: anterior end; parapodium<br />

from middle body; bidentate hook;<br />

maxillae. From Miura (1980).<br />

- Pros<strong>to</strong>mium short, slightly longer than wide ...........................................................................<br />

............................................................. Lumbrineriopsis sp. (L. paradoxa sensu Fauvel 1923)<br />

Length ?, width 1 mm<br />

France, English Channel, shallow water<br />

Figs from left: anterior end; limbate<br />

chaeta; bidentate hook; maxillae. From<br />

Fauvel (1923).<br />

3. Hooded hooks with 2-5 needle-shaped denticles between the two main teeth ……………….<br />

……............................................... Lumbrineriopsis tsushimaensis Imajima & Higuchi, 1975<br />

Length 50 mm, width 1 mm<br />

North Sea, 50-200 m<br />

Figs from left: anterior end; bidentate<br />

hook chaetiger 8; bidentate hook<br />

posterior chaetiger. From Imajima &<br />

Higuchi (1975).<br />

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