Terebellides Sars 1835
- Dataset
- Taxonomy and distribution of Terebellides (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) in the northern South China Sea, with description of three new species
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Terebellida
- family
- Trichobranchidae
- genus
- Terebellides
Terebellides Sars 1835
Key to all described species of Terebellides from the Northwestern Pacific
1. Branchial lobes free of each other........................................................................ 2
- Branchial lobes at least partially fused along their length..................................................... 3
2. Acicular uncini present on TC6 and TC7, lower lip greatly expanded, branchial lobes equal in size................................................................................................ Terebellides intoshi Caullery, 1915
- Acicular uncini on TC6 only, lower lip not expanded, branchial lobes differ in size...................................
............................................................... Terebellides lineata Imajima & Williams, 1985 3. Acicular uncini present on TC5 and TC6............................................. Terebellides ectopium n. sp.
- Acicular uncini on TC6 only.............................................................................4
4. Branchia anteriorly prolonged (5th lobe)................................................................... 5
- Branchia not anteriorly prolonged......................................................................... 6
5. Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 well developed, lateral lappets until TC6.................... Terebellides kobei Hessle, 1917
- Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 markedly less developed than subsequent ones, lateral lappets until TC7..................................................................................................... Terebellides yangi n. sp.
6. Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 well developed......................... Terebellides horikoshii Imajima & Williams, 1985
- Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 markedly less developed than subsequent ones........................................ 7
7. Lateral lappets until TC4 only. Acicular uncini sharply bent with mucronate tips..................................................................................................... Terebellides brevis Imajima & Williams, 1985
- Lateral lappets until TC5 only. Acicular uncini sharply bent without mucronate tips................................. 8
8. Length ratio of thorax and abdomen>1.0, thoracic neuropodia with few (less than 25) uncini per torus, ±40 abdominal seg- ments................................................................... Terebellides guangdongensis n. sp.
- Length ratio of thorax and abdomen almost 0.5, thoracic neuropodia with 40 or more uncini per torus, 45-50 abdominal seg- ments.................................................................... Terebellides japonica Moore, 1903