Amaeana
Creators: name: Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos
name: Carrerette, Orlemir
name: Hutchings, Pat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Terebellidae
Amaeana

description: Key for the identification of species of Amaeana
1. Up to 10 pairs of notopodia.............................................................................. 2
- More than 10 pairs of notopodia.......................................................................... 8
2. Short achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia, less than 5 segments, much shorter than region with notopodia.................................................................................. 3
- Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia with at least 5 segments, about as long as region with notopodia or longer in most species................................................................... 4
3. Long buccal tentacles spatulate (Fig. 2 E); 10 pairs of notopodia, on segments 3–12; neuropodia with 7–8 spines each............................................................................................. Amaeana trilobata
- Long buccal tentacles with blunt to pointed tips after subdistal swelling (Fig. 4 A–B, D–F); 9 pairs of notopodia, on segments 3–11; neuropodia with 5–6 spines each............................................. Amaeana breviachaeta sp. nov.
4. Neuropodia with up to 3 spines each, at most................................................................ 5
- Neuropodia with at least 4–5 spines each................................................................... 7
5. Both rows of notochaetae with acicular chaetae (Fig. 9 I–J)..................................................... 6
- Both rows of notochaetae with pinnate chaetae (Fig. 6 A–B)................................ Amaeana hsiehae sp. nov.
6. Distally sharp neuropodial spines (Fig. 9 K).................................................... Amaeana apheles
- Basally bulbous, distally truncate neuropodial spines (Fig. 13 H–I)..................... Amaeana crassispinulata sp. nov.
7. Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia with 8 segments; neuropodia with 4–5 spines each............................................................................ Amaeana angulus sp. nov.
- Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia with 5 segments; neuropodia with ~8–11 spines each........................................................................ Amaeana ellobophora sp. nov.
8. Long buccal tentacles highly specialised, not spatulate........................................................ 9
- Highly specialised buccal tentacles absent, long tentacles spatulate or unknown (missing on type material).............. 11
9. Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia, with more than 20 segments; neuropodia each with numerous spines, ~13 on anterior abdominal segments, ~8 posteriorly....................... Amaeana occidentalis
- Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia with ~8–10 segments; neuropodia throughout with 1–3 spines each.................................................................................. 10
10. Twelve pairs of notopodia; neuropodia with 1–2 spines each...................................... Amaeana yirrarn
- Eleven pairs of notopodia; neuropodia with 2–3 spines each........................... Amaeana brasiliensis sp. nov.
11. Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia consisting of more than 10 segments; neuropo- dia with 4–5 spines each...................................................... Amaeana dampierensis sp. nov.
- Achaetous gap between termination of notopodia and beginning of neuropodia consisting of less than 10 segments; neuropodia with ~8 spines each................................................................... Amaeana accraensis
description: Published as part of Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos, Carrerette, Orlemir & Hutchings, Pat, 2015, Review of Amaeana Hartman, 1959 (Annelida, Terebelliformia, Polycirridae), with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 3994 (1) on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289137