Introduction

rogoniada oahuensis, a new species from Oahu, Hawaii (Annelida: Polychaeta: Goniadidae)

rogoniada oahuensis, a new species from Oahu, Hawaii (Annelida: Polychaeta: Goniadidae)

CP-2005-04
rogoniada oahuensis, a new species from Oahu, Hawaii (Annelida: Polychaeta: Goniadidae)

Brendan M. Barrett and Julie H. Bailey-Brock

A new species of Progoniada is described. This is the third species in the genus and the first known from the Hawaiian Islands. It differs from the two previously known species in having two compound falcigerous chaetae, jaws with 5 teeth in the ventral arc, proboscis papillae of two types, and compound falcigers with blades less than half the length of the spiniger blades, Distribution in Hawaiian waters is from 34 and 70 meters at sewage outfalls and at disposal dump sites off Oahu at 397 and 502 meter depths.