Table 4 in Biodiversity data and new species descriptions of polychaetes from offshore waters of the Falkland Islands, an area undergoing hydrocarbon exploration

Table 4. Comparison of Dodecaceria species in the region and those with similar characters to the Falkland Island species. SpeciesBranchial pairsNo. of branchial pairs in 1st branchial positionBranchiae monomorphic or dimorphicInsertion of palpsSpines appearanceD. choromytilicola132DimorphicLateralCh11D. fistulicola5-71DimorphicLateralNo Ch 11-14 Ne Ch 9-12D. gallardoi32MonomorphicLateralCh6D. meridiana7-181DimorphicLateralCh8D. multifiligera221MonomorphicDorsalCh6D. opulens7-142DimorphicLateralCh8D. laddi oculata2???Ch3-8D. saeria sp. nov.2-31DimorphicLateralCh22-29 Key: Ch = chaetiger, Ne-neuropodia; No-notopodia.