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Lepidonotopodium

Lepidonotopodium

GBIF:127719440

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Descriptions(1)

Key to all Lepidonotopodium species

1. Body small (less than 15mm), not more than 25 segments......................................................2

- Body large (more than 25 mm), more than 25 segments.......................................................3

2. 23 segments.......................................................................................... 4

- 24 segments..........................................................................................5

3. 30 segments, elytra with 2 raised macrotubercles................................................. ... L. fimbriatum

- Less than 30 segments..................................................................................6

4. Elytra with 6–12 macrotubercles................................................................ .. L. atalantae

- Elytra with clavate micropapillae................................................................. L. minutum

5. Elytra with numerous foveolae............................................................ L. okinawae sp. nov.

- Elytra scattered clavate micropapillae...................................................................... 7

6. 28 segments, pharynx with 7 pairs of unequal-sized papillae, jaws with up to 12 basal teeth................... L. piscesae

- Egments, pharynx with subequal papillae, jaws with 7 basal teeth..................................... L. williamsae

7. Elytra with branching veins emanating from the place of attachment to the elytrophores, pharynx with 7–9 pairs of papillae............................................................................................... L. riftense

- Elytra without branching veins, pharynx with 7 pairs of unequal papillae.................................. L. jouinae

Sui, Jixing, Li, Xinzheng (2017): A new species and new record of deep-sea scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Okinawa Trough and the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4238 (4): 562-570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.4MagnoliaPress via PlaziNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

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A new species and new record of deep-sea scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Okinawa Trough and the South China Sea

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sui, Jixing, Li, Xinzheng (2017): A new species and new record of deep-sea scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Okinawa Trough and the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4238 (4): 562-570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.4

Abstract

A new species of scale-worm, Lepidonotopodium okinawae sp. nov. from the Okinawa Trough is described. The new species differs from the other species of Lepidonotopodium by having 24 segments and numerous foveolae on the surface of elytra with one globular micropapilla in every foveola. A new record of the mussel commensal Branchipolynoe pettiboneae Miura & Hashimoto, 1991 is reported and described from the northern South China Sea, where for the first time the scale-worm is noted as occurring at a cold-seep. Keys to distinguish the species of Branchipolynoe and Lepidonotopodium are provided.

Key words: polychaete, Branchipolynoe, Lepidonotopodium, hydrothermal vent, cold-seep, Okinawa Trough, South China Sea

Sui J, Li X, plazi (2017). A new species and new record of deep-sea scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Okinawa Trough and the South China Sea. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2017View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
127719440
Dataset Key
00dc9c65-3f44-4f00-8691-b8720422100c
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2314905
Taxon ID
03E087A4056BFFE9FF75F3FA9F959B13.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026