Amphitritides Augener 1922
Creators: name: Bick, Andreas
name: Zettler, Michael L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Terebellidae
Amphitritides

description: Identification key to described species of Amphitritides
(Type locality in brackets)
1A. Double rows of uncini only on thoracic neuropodia.......................................................... 2
1B. Double rows of uncini on some anterior or most abdominal neuropodia.......................................... 3
2A. 13 pairs of notopodia (Chile)....................................... A. pectinobranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
2B. Usually 21 pairs of notopodia (Namibia)................................................. A. namibiensis sp. nov.
3A. Double rows of uncini only on some anterior abdominal neuropodia (Namibia)................. A. skeletonensis sp. nov.
3B. Double rows of uncini on most abdominal neuropodia........................................................ 4
4A. Notopodia extending until posterior body (Australia, Queensland)................... A. harpa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
4B. Notopodia only on thoracic segments..................................................................... 5
5A. 27 pairs of notopodia; 15 pairs of genital papillae on segments 6–20 (USA, Florida)....... A. bruneocomata (Ehlers, 1887)
5B. Number of notopodia and genital papillae in other combination................................................. 6
6A. Very short branchial filaments with rugose tips; 22–26 pairs of notopodia; 11–13 pairs of genital papillae from segment 6 (Greece)........................................................ A. kuehlmanni Arvanitidis & Koukouras, 1995
6B. Branchial filaments long, tips filamentous; number of notopodia and genital papillae in other combination............... 7
7A. Genital papillae between parapodial lobes; 17– 21 pairs of notopodia; 8 pairs of genital papillae on segments 6–13 (Great Britain).......................................................................... A. gracilis (Grube, 1860)
7B. Genital papillae at anterior base of notopodia and aligned to them............................................... 8
8A. 22–23 pairs of notopodia; 10 pairs of genital papillae on segments 6–15 (Namibia).................... A. jirkovi sp. nov.
8B. Number of notopodia and genital papillae in other combination................................................. 9
9A. Small species with 18–20 pairs of notopodia and 9 pairs of genital papillae (Australia, Queensland)............................................................................................. A. ithya Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
9B Median-sized species with 19–22 pairs of notopodia and 14 pairs of genital papillae (Australia, NS Wales)................................................................................... A. carawa Nogueira & Hutchings, 2007
description: Published as part of Bick, Andreas & Zettler, Michael L., 2024, Description of three new species of Amphitritides Augener, 1922 (Terebellida, Annelida) from the coast of Namibia (South West Africa), pp. 42-64 in Zootaxa 5446 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/11084565