Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere

Aberrantidae is a small group of polychaetes morphologically homogenous and rarely collected. Adult individuals usually have a few millimeters and about 40 chaetigers. Living specimens are transparent, yellowish-brown with a dark alimentary channel and have reddish eyes. The few records of Aberrant...

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Main Authors: Cinthya S. G. Santos, Alexandra E. Rizzo
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Published: Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo 2024-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.usp.br/ocr/article/view/232029
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description Aberrantidae is a small group of polychaetes morphologically homogenous and rarely collected. Adult individuals usually have a few millimeters and about 40 chaetigers. Living specimens are transparent, yellowish-brown with a dark alimentary channel and have reddish eyes. The few records of Aberranta, the only described genus in the family, are from mud, sand, sandy-mud, and coarse sand, from four to 3,250 m. All known species have been recorded from the eastern USA, Mediterranean, and China. The examined material is from three projects coordinated by CENPES/Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company. Samples were collected from continental shelf, canyons, and slope depths. Polychaetes and others benthic organisms were sieved from the sediment, fixed in a 4% formalin solution, conserved in 70% alcohol, and then identified. The sampling was carried out from 25 to 3000 m depth, but individuals were collected from 383 to 1312 m. The new species, Aberranta magnunlanai sp. nov., is characterized by the absence of eyes, branchiae from chaetiger 3, and by having three types of neurochaetae: a) thick and smooth capillaries, b) capillary of intermediary length and with long marginal serration, and c) lyriform chaetae with spinose shaft and distal projections of same length. This is the first record of the genus in the southern hemisphere.
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spelling doaj-art-84f6fcd265b84cc0a460ba379ec419462025-08-20T02:20:07ZengInstituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São PauloOcean and Coastal Research2675-28242024-04-0172Suppl. 1Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern HemisphereCinthya S. G. Santos0Alexandra E. Rizzo1Universidade Federal FluminenseUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Aberrantidae is a small group of polychaetes morphologically homogenous and rarely collected. Adult individuals usually have a few millimeters and about 40 chaetigers. Living specimens are transparent, yellowish-brown with a dark alimentary channel and have reddish eyes. The few records of Aberranta, the only described genus in the family, are from mud, sand, sandy-mud, and coarse sand, from four to 3,250 m. All known species have been recorded from the eastern USA, Mediterranean, and China. The examined material is from three projects coordinated by CENPES/Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company. Samples were collected from continental shelf, canyons, and slope depths. Polychaetes and others benthic organisms were sieved from the sediment, fixed in a 4% formalin solution, conserved in 70% alcohol, and then identified. The sampling was carried out from 25 to 3000 m depth, but individuals were collected from 383 to 1312 m. The new species, Aberranta magnunlanai sp. nov., is characterized by the absence of eyes, branchiae from chaetiger 3, and by having three types of neurochaetae: a) thick and smooth capillaries, b) capillary of intermediary length and with long marginal serration, and c) lyriform chaetae with spinose shaft and distal projections of same length. This is the first record of the genus in the southern hemisphere. https://journals.usp.br/ocr/article/view/232029Deep seaBrazilErrantiaAciculataincertae sedis
spellingShingle Cinthya S. G. Santos
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Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere
Ocean and Coastal Research
Deep sea
Brazil
Errantia
Aciculata
incertae sedis
title Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere
title_full Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere
title_fullStr Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere
title_full_unstemmed Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere
title_short Aberranta magnumlanai n. sp. (Annelida: Aberrantidae) a new species from Brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere
title_sort aberranta magnumlanai n sp annelida aberrantidae a new species from brazil and first occurrence of the genus in the southern hemisphere
topic Deep sea
Brazil
Errantia
Aciculata
incertae sedis
url https://journals.usp.br/ocr/article/view/232029
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