The Polychæte Family Longosomidae in New Zealand

IN 1944 Hartman 1 described a new polychsete species Longosoma catalinensis from off Long Point, Catalina Island, southern California, founding a new family, the Longosomidae, to contain it. The original description was based on a single specimen, but afterwards in 1957 she reported 34 specimens fro...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1960-09, Vol.187 (4743), p.1131-1131
Main Author: KNOX, G. A
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Language:English
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Summary:IN 1944 Hartman 1 described a new polychsete species Longosoma catalinensis from off Long Point, Catalina Island, southern California, founding a new family, the Longosomidae, to contain it. The original description was based on a single specimen, but afterwards in 1957 she reported 34 specimens from three stations off southern California in depths of 7–45 fathoms. According to Hartman 2 the species may have its affinities with the Paraonidae ; but the possession of long, paired, grooved palpi, resembling those of spioniform annelids, allies it to the disomid and magelonid families.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/1871131a0