Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.171206 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8E086E9A-4BB5-4D7A-A2D1-2EBD336E9FB7 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18037990 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4414FDCB-02A3-515D-9877-ED37DBE3134E |
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Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 |
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Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 View in CoL
Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 View in CoL (including Amelinna Hartman, 1969 View in CoL ; Melinnexis Annenkova, 1931 View in CoL ; and Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 View in CoL ) sensu Reuscher et al. (2015).
Type species.
Melinnopsis atlantica McIntosh, 1885 (type lodged at the Natural History Museum in London U. K., catalogue number 1885.12.1.330). Type locality off Chesapeake Bay, NW Atlantic, 3109 m.
Generic diagnosis.
Large buccal tentacles occurring with smaller ones. Four pairs of branchiae. Post-branchial hooks absent. Brittle acicular neurochaetae in segments II – IV or II – V. Twelve to 14 thoracic uncinigers. Uncini with subrostral process.
Remarks.
The new species described here conforms to the generic diagnosis of Reuscher et al. (2015), in possessing one long buccal tentacle, four pairs of branchiae, acicular chaetae on segments II-V, 12 or 13 thoracic uncinigers, uncini with subrostral process and lacking post-branchial hooks (dorsal hooks).
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Terebelliformia |
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Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
| Gunton, Laetitia M., Serpell-Stevens, Amanda, Riaz, Kashaf & Horton, Tammy 2025 |
Melinnopsis
| Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 |
Amelinna
| Amelinna Hartman, 1969 |
Melinnexis
| Melinnexis Annenkova, 1931 |
Melinnides
| Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 |
| Reuscher et al. (2015) |