TY  - GEN
A1  - Fiege, Dieter
A1  - Barnich, Ruth
T1  - A new genus and species of Sternaspidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the deep eastern Atlantic
T2  - European journal of taxonomy : 699
N2  - Based on specimens recently collected in sediments from 2700 m depth off Mauritania (Northwest Africa; type locality) and from 2700–4400 m depth off Angola (Southwest Africa), a new genus and species, Mauretanaspis longichaeta gen. et spec. nov., is described. The new genus and species are characterized by a unique combination of characters: ventro-caudal shield covered by firmly adhering sediment, lateral margins strongly bent and merging into integument; introvert hooks tapering; eight pre-shield segments; absence of peg chaetae; exceptionally long posteriormost lateral chaetae equaling body length; posterior shield chaetae equaling shield length. A comparative table of characters for all currently recognised sternaspid genera and a key to all species with ventro-caudal shield covered by firmly adhering sediment are provided.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 699 
KW  - Mauretanaspis longichaeta gen. et spec. nov.
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - deep sea
KW  - Atlantic
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55637
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-556371
SN  - 2118-9773
PB  - Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -