Table 2 in Biodiversity data and new species descriptions of polychaetes from offshore waters of the Falkland Islands, an area undergoing hydrocarbon exploration

Table 2. Comparison of Leitoscoloplos olei sp. nov. with species known from the region based on literature (Mackie 1987, Blake 2017). An asterisk indicates that only the diagnosis given by Mackie (1987) is considered valid here.
SpeciesProstomiumThorax (no. of chaetigers)Branchiae (from chaetiger)Thoracic neuropodial postchaetal lobes (form)Abdominal notopodial postchaetal lobes (form)Subpodial flangeL. kerguelensis *conical, anteriorly slightly rounded9-1013-14 (15)triangularslender, digitaterudimentaryL. abranchiatusconical, narrowly rounded9-13absentshort, conicalshort, digitateabsent? (not reported)L. mawsoniconical, anteriorly rounded1011-12, symmetricalrobust, triangular, digitaterobust, triangular to digitateinitially rudimentary, enlarged blister-like in posterior chaetigersL. geminusconical, anteriorly rounded1011-12, distinctly asymmetrical in posterior chaetigersapproaching oval shapewide basally, tapering to elongate narrow tipInitially rudi-mentary, sepa-rated from neuropodium by a distinct notch; enlarged blister-like flanges in posterior chaetigersL. banzareae *conical, anteriorly slightly rounded1014-15slender, triangular, digitate*slender, digitate- lanceolatenarrowL. chilensisconical, anteriorly sharp13-1613-16mammiform- triangularfoliaceouswell- developedL. drakeiconical, narrowing anteriorly8-918-20short, stubby, indistinctelongated and cirriform to narrower and digitiformabsent? (not reported)L. eltaninaeconical, anteriorly sharp1020tapering digitiformbecoming bilobedabsent? (not reported)L. nasuselongate, more than twice as long as wide; anteriorly narrowly rounded9-1013-14triangularelongate, becoming narrow more posteriorlypresentL. phyllobran-chusreduced, wider than long, weakly pointed anteriorly817ellipticalthin, cirriformneuropodia of middle and posterior segments dorsoventrally swollen, forming weakly developed ventral flangeL. plataensisshort, conical, pointed, and narrow9-1013-16, asymmetrical, with lateral lobemammiformthin, narrow, digitatesmall but distinct, continuous with neuropodial lobeL. rankiniconical, anteriorly pointed9-11from anterior abdominal segmentsarising from low postchaetal ridgenarrow, digitiformreported as absentL. olei sp. nov.conical, anteriorly pointed917-18, asymmetrical, with ventral lobeconical to approaching mammiform in posterior thoraxslender, digitatedistinct, continuous with neuropodial lobe