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Lumbrineridae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Grand Caribbean region with the description of six new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2001

Luis F. Carrera-Parra
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal. Apartado Postal 424, Chetumal QR. 77000, Mexico, E-mail: lcarrera@ecosur-qroo.mx

Abstract

Twenty-seven species of Lumbrineridae are characterized; six are described as new: Lumbrinerides uebelackerae sp. nov., Lumbrineris perkinsi sp. nov., L. salazari sp. nov., Ninoe vargasi sp. nov., N. wardae sp. nov. and Lysarete raquelae sp. nov. Twenty-one species from the Grand Caribbean region are recognized herein and characterized based upon type and non-type materials: Augeneria bidens, Eranno bilabiata comb. nov., Lumbrinerides crassicephala, L. dayi, L. jonesi, Lumbrineriopsis cf. paradoxa, Lumbrineris floridana, L. cf. latreilli, L. nonatoi, L. paucidentataNinoe nigripes, Scoletoma branchiata comb. nov., S. candida comb. nov., S. ernesti, S. robusta comb. nov., S. tenuis, S. estudinum comb. nov., S. treadwelli comb. nov., S. verrili, S. parvapedata comb. nov. and S. elongata comb. nov. A key to identify all lumbrinerid species recorded from the Grand Caribbean region is included.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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