Table 1 in New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from Slope and Abyssal Depths off Eastern Australia

Table 1. Comparison of some morphological characters of 15 known species of Asclerocheilus. Asclerocheilus tasmanius Kirkegaard, 1996 is here transferred to the genus Oligobregma. Notations: A, acicular spines; C, capillaries; F, furcate or lyrate setae; SpS, short spinous setae; setae: upper letters = notosetae; lower letters = neurosetae.
speciessetaesetaesetaesetaeprostomiumeyes: structure & colourlocalityreferencesetiger 1setiger 2setiger 3setiger 4abyssalis sp. nov.A+SpS A+SpSA+SpS A+SpSA+SpS A+SpSC C2 short frontal lobesabsenteastern Australia, off NSW, abyssal depths, 3952–4280 mthis studyacirratus (Hartman, 1966)A+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CT-shaped with lateral horns2 pair double rows, redCalifornia, offshore in algae; shallow subtidalHartman, 1966, 1969ashworthi Blake, 1981A+C F+CA+C+F F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CT-shaped with weakly developed hornsabsentSub-Antarctic; 200–400 mBlake, 1981beringianus Ushakov, 1955A+C F+CA+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+C2 recessed hornsabsentNE Pacific; Bering Sea; slope depths; 986–2006 mUshakov, 1955; Blake, 2000californicus Hartman, 1963A+C F+CA+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+C2 broad flaring lobesabsentSouthern California; shelf depths, 542–890 mHartman, 1963, 1966, 1969; Blake, 2000capensis Day, 1963A+C F+CA+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+C2 lateral hornsabsentSouth Africa, 9–26 mDay, 1963, 1967elisabethae Eibye-Jacobsen, 2002 A +C CA+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+C2 narrow elongate frontal horns2 pair orange-brown, diagonal bandsThailand, Andaman Sea, 70–80 mEibye-Jacobsen, 2002glabrus (Ehlers, 1887)A+C CC CC CC C2 frontal hornsabsentCaribbean Sea, 320 mEhlers, 1887; Augener, 1906 (as Oncoscolex heterochaetus)intermedius (Saint Joseph, 1894)A+C A+CA+C A+CA+C A+CF+C F+CT-shapedabsenteastern North Atlantic: Ireland to Azores; shelf depths to 551 mSaint-Joseph, 1894; Fauvel, 1927; Hartmann-Schröder, 1971, 1996kudenovi Blake, 2000A+C F+CA+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CT-shaped, with 2 flaring lobes2 pair double rows, redCentral California; shelf depths in rocks; 90–120 mBlake, 2000mexicanus Kudenov, 1983A+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CT-shaped, with 2 weak lateral lobes2 pair, thick,?colourGulf of Mexico; shallow subtidal; 2–75 mKudenov, 1985shanei Hartmann-Schröder, 1994A AA AA AF Fwith 2 forwardly directed lobesabsentTasmania c. 125 mHartmann-Schröder, 1994shanonae Eibye-Jacobsen, 2002A A+CF+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+Cwith 2 thick tapering frontal lobes2 pair dark brown, diagonal bands, anterior band largestThailand, Andaman Sea, 70–76 mEibye-Jacobsen, 2002tropicus Blake, 1981A+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+CF+C F+Cwith 2 flaring lobes2 groups, ocelli orangeEcuador; shallow subtidalBlake, 1981; Nogueira, 2002victoriensis Blake, 2000A+C A+CA+C A+CA+C A+CA+C A+CT-shaped, 2 lateral horns2 pair, V-shaped,?colourSE Australia; shallow subtidalKudenov & Blake, 1978 (as A. heterochaetus = homonym); Blake, 2000.