New species of Pisionidens (Sigalionidae, Annelida) from Akumal, México.

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Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 1st floor, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.; Email: unknown.

Published: July 2016

Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikuhni, 1943 is a genus of small scale-less annelids formerly belonging to the family 'Pisionidae', now synonymized with the scale worm family Sigalionidae. A new species from Akumal, México, Pisionidens ixazaluohae n. sp., is herein described, including a genetic barcode, and diagnosed by parapodia from segment 8, males having a continuous line of midventral pores, and the presence of a single copulatory segment without parapodia. The new species differs in morphology from the three previously described species, including P. indica (Aiyar & Alikuhni, 1940), representing the only other species previously reported from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. A comparative table with a summary of the main taxonomic characters of all described species of the genus, including information on distribution, is provided.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.8DOI Listing

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