A new species of Prosorhochmus (Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera) from the Chafarinas Islands (western Mediterranean)

Abstract:

A viviparous hoplonemertean, Prosorhochmus chafarinensis sp. nov., is described from the Chafarinas Islands (western Mediterranean). The species lives in the low eulittoral under the encrusting alga Lithophyllum lichenoides. Prosorhochmus chafarinensis is compared and contrasted in detail with the other valid members of the genus, P. claparedii from European waters, P. americanus from South Carolina, and P. adriatica from Italy.

Año de publicación:

1998

Keywords:

• Western Mediterranean
• Nemertea
• New species
• Prosorhochmus chafarinensis

Fuente:

scopus