A new Capitella polychaete worm (Annelida: Capitellidae) living inside whale bones in the abyssal South Atlantic

Autor(es)

Silva, Camila F. ^[1] ; Shimabukuro, Mauricio ^[2] ; Alfaro-Lucas, Joan M. ^[2] ; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^[3] ; Sumida, Paulo Y. G. ^[2] ; Amaral, Antonia C. Z. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Oceanog, BR-05508120 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa - Japan

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS; v. 108, p. 23-31, FEB 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 10

Resumo

A new species of the genus Capitella, Capitella iatapiuna sp. nov., has been found in deep sea whale-fall samples, Sao Paulo Ridge-Southwest Atlantic. The new species is mainly characterized by a bluntly rounded prostomium and a very distinct peristomium forming a complete ring. Ribosomal 16S sequences were obtained and used for inter-specific comparisons. This species is herein described and compared to others species of the genus. Its ecological role in the whale-fall community is also discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/50185-1 - Biodiversidade e conectividade de comunidades bênticas em substratos orgânicos (ossos de baleia e parcelas de madeira) no Atlântico Sudoeste Profundo - BioSuOr
• Beneficiário: Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático