Sabellidae (Polychaeta) de la 1 Expedición Cubano-Española a la Isla de la Juventud y Archipiélago de los Canarreos (Cuba)

Abstract

This paper is the sixth in a series on the polychaetous annelids collected during the "I Expedición CubanoEspañola" off the coast of Cuba. Methods and the líst of the sampling stations and the numeration of samples were given in the first paper. This eontribution includes 15 speeies of Sabellidae; 11 new to the Cuban fauna: Anamobaea oerstedi Kroyer, 1856; Megalomma heterops Perkins, 1984; Notaulax occidentalis (Baird, 1856); Notaulax nudicollis (Kroyer, 1856); Perkinsiana rubra (Langerhans, 1880); Demonax microphthalmus (Verrill, 1873); Chone americana Day, 1974; Oriopsis cf. hynensis Knight-Jones, 1983; and Oriopsis eimeri persinosa Ben-Eliahu, 1975. The species Perkinisiana rubra, Oriopsis ef. hynensis, and Oriopsis eimeri persinosa are new to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico area. The specimeus belonging to the species Anamobaea oerstedi, Notaulax sp., Demollax sp., Oriopsis cf. hynensis. and Oriopsis eimeri persinosa are described and ilIustrated