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Title: A New species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) associated with fish farming at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia
Related: Zootaxa, No. 2509 (2010), p.53-61
Related: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02509p061.pdf
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Date: 2010
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 060800 Zoology
Author/Creator: Paxton, Hannelore
Author/Creator: Davey, Adam
Description: Ophryotrocha shieldsi, sp. nov. is described from Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia, where it occurs in high densities beneath the sea cages of fish farms. SCUBA and ROV underwater observations revealed closely spaced mounds of aggregations of the new species. It is closely related to O. lobifera Oug, a species reported from fish farms and whale-falls in the North Sea, from which it can be distinguished by its ovate rather than triangular dorsal lateral lobes, palps with small globular rather than longer digitate palpostyles, and additional jaw differences.
Description: 9 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 060800 Zoology
Subject Keyword: Polychaeta
Subject Keyword: fish farms
Subject Keyword: organic enrichment
Subject Keyword: taxonomy
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Biological Sciences

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