Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western SantaBarbara Channel. Final Report. Volume 4. The Annelida Part 1 Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae)

摘要

The Taxonomic Atlas of the Santa Maria Basin and western Santa Barbara Channel isan extension of the benthic reconnaissance (Phase I) and monitoring programs (Phase II) that were conducted by the MMS since 1983. The organisms that were collected as part of those programs provide the material on which the Atlas is developed. In order to fully document the fauna collected by those programs, a series of 14 volumes will be prepared that provide keys, descriptions, and illustrations of the benthic fauna of the hard and soft substrate environments. A team of 40 experts on the fauna has been assembled to carry out this work and their contributions are distributed among the 14 volumes. The objectives of Volume 4 are to introduce the Phylum Annelida. Included in this volume is a chapter on the Oligochaeta, an Introduction to the Polychaeta, and taxonomic treatments of 11 polychaete families.