Bradabyssa verrucosa (Chamberlin 1919) Salazar-Vallejo 2017
- Dataset
- Revision of Brada Stimpson, 1853, and Bradabyssa Hartman, 1967 (Annelida, Flabelligeridae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Terebellida
- family
- Flabelligeridae
- genus
- Bradabyssa
- species
- Bradabyssa verrucosa
description
1 Mid-body segments with dorsal tubercles of two markedly different sizes (heterotuberculate) ......................... 2 - Mid-body segments with dorsal tubercles of similar size (homotuberculate) ....................................... 7 2 (1) Larger tubercles distinct, often densely covered with pigmented sediment grains; 3 – 4 transverse series of dorsal papillae per segment; 25 – 53 chaetigers ............................................. B. verrucosa (Chamberlin, 1919) n. comb. - Larger tubercles indistinct, sediment cover not markedly pigmented .............................................. 3 3 (2) Median chaetigers with 9 – 10 transverse series of tubercles per segment ........................................... 4 - Median chaetigers with 5 – 6 transverse series of tubercles ...................................................... 5 - Median chaetigers with 4 transverse series of tubercles ........................................................ 6 4 (3) Body covered with thin layer of fine sediment particles; neurospines with rings well developed; 27 – 29 chaetigers .......... ......................................................................................... B. elinae n. sp. - Body without sediment cover; neurospines with rings poorly developed; 53 – 59 chaetigers ....... B. papillata Hartman, 1967 5 (3) Neurochaetae tapered; integument dark ..................................... B. irenaia (Chamberlin, 1919) n. comb. - Neurochaetae medially cleft; integument pale ................................. B. abyssalis (Fauchald, 1972) n. comb. 6 (3) Median chaetigers with one series of larger dorsal tubercles per segment; gonopodial lobes black (body 10 – 101 mm, 27 – 35 chaetigers) ............................................................. B. mammillata (Grube, 1877) n. comb. - Median chaetigers with two series of larger dorsal tubercles per segment; gonopodial lobes pale (body 3.3 – 48.0 mm, 20 – 27 chaetigers) ................................................... B. tenebricosa (Berkeley, 1968) n. comb., n. status 7 (1) Neurospines with short anchylose articulations .............................................................. 8 - Neurospines with medium-sized anchylose articulations; median chaetigers with 6 – 8 dorsal transverse series of papillae per segment; 33 – 39 chaetigers (21 – 40 mm long) ................................................ B. levensteinae n. sp. 8 (7) Body with 19 – 26 chaetigers ............................................................................. 9 - Body with 31 – 32 chaetigers (62 – 85 mm long); median chaetigers with dorsal papillae in 5 – 6 alternating series (gonopodial lobes pale) .................................................. B. ochotensis (Annenkova-Chlopina, 1922) n. comb. 9 (8) Gonopodial lobes pale; neuropodia with 4 – 5 large, wide, basal papillae; median chaetigers with 4 – 5 transverse series of dorsal papillae per segment (22 – 26 chaetigers; 11 – 38 mm long) .................. B. annenkovae (Buzhinskaja, 2001) n. comb. - Gonopodial lobes dark; neuropodia with 6 – 8 small, delicate, basal papillae; median chaetigers with 5 – 6 transverse series of dorsal papillae per segment (19 – 26 chaetigers; 12 – 58 mm long) ................................... B. grangieri n. sp.