Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Flaxman, Beth; Rouse, Greg W.; Lavesque, Nicolas. (2024). A new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) from Papua New Guinea, with comments on other species recorded in the region. Ocean and Coastal Research. 72(suppl 1): e24003, 1-9.
We describe a new species of Loimia, from shallow waters off Northern Papua New Guinea and compare morphologically to other species recorded from the region and a key is provided. We provide a Maximum likelihood tree for species of Loimia for which we have data and it forms a distinct clade from other species. Finally, we discuss characters that we consider as useful specific characters in this large genus, which includes many poorly described species.
