| Neoleprea papilla Hutchings & Smith, 1997. Family Terebellidae | ||||
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Neoleprea papilla [Click photo for picture page] 
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| Habitat: | Intertidal. Rocky shore. Sheltered to open beaches. Loose sediments of crevices Infaunal. Depth range: 0-? (m). Salinity regime: Harbour-like variation. Microhabitat: Rock crevices, old pholad burrows. Tube: No definite tube. | |||
| Occurrence: | Common. Density: 1000 (m2).
Distribution in NZ: New Zealand wide | |||
| Feeding guild: | Surface deposit-feeding/herbivore. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Genus Neoleprea in Family Terebellidae.
Neoleprea with 2 pairs of branched branchiae, with 22-24 pairs of notopodia from segment 3 (chaetiger 1, 2nd branchiferous), with neuropodial uncini from segment 5 (chaetiger 3), in double rows from segment 11 (7th uncigerous). Nephridial papilla on chaetiger 1, genital papillae on chaetiger 4-6 (VENTRAL and close to notopodium) In life body is reddish-brown with abdomen flecked with white (fide Hutchings & Smith & also GBR (Morton & Miller: "bright red with yellowish tail")). Branchiae are pink to yellow, tentacles pale. (Note: apparent colours may vary considerably if gravid with yellow eggs/sperm). Colour: Maximum size: 120 mm total length, 3 mm body width. |
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| Notable aspect: | Large size, no tube, 2 pairs of branchiae. | |||
| Comparisons: | Pseudopista rostrata and Terebella plagiostoma both have three pairs of gills, not two. Nicolea armilla has notopodia from segment 4 and its genital papillae are DORSAL to notochaetae. | |||
| Taxonomy: | In Morton and Miller as a Terebella sp. | |||
| Distribution: | Endemic. Not recorded outside of New Zealand | |||
| Biology: | Soft-bodied large terebellid found coiled in cavities within sediment loosely held with mucus. | |||
| Best References: | Biology: No recommendation. Taxonomy: Hutchings and Smith (1997) Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia. Bulletin of Marine Science 60:324-349. | |||
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