#Axiothella serrata# n. sp., Maldanid Polychaete from Porirua Harbour, New Zealand

Date
1977
Description

#Axiothella serrata# n. sp. (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) is described and illustrated from intertidal sands of Porirua Harbour, New Zealand (41 6'S, 174 deg. 52'E). It has 22 setigerous segments and lacks asetigerous preanal segments; the mid-ventral anal cirrus is conspicuously lengthened. The species is compared with other #Axiothella# species #A. catalinia# Hartman, 1969 is herein transferred to #Maldanella#.

Source
New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research 11(4), 697-702, 1977
From
STIX Database