Uz, S. de la; Anadón, N.; Crandall, F. B. (2010). Rediscription of Valdivianemertes valdiviae (Bürger, 1909)(Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Cratenemertidae) and designation of neotype. Journal of Natural History, 44(37): 2425-2451
A century ago Bürger described the species Drepanophorus valdiviae from a single
specimen taken from 155 m off the southern tip of Africa by the research vessel
Valdivia during the German Deep Sea Expedition. Stiasny-Wijnhoff in 1923 transferred this species along with Amphiporus stannii (sensu Bürger 1895) to a new
genus Valdivianemertes but did not mention a family af?liation. In 1993 Crandall
transferred this genus to the family Cratenemertidae. During the Spanish Antarctic
Expedition BENTART 2003, carried out on board the RV Hespérides, we found
one specimen identi?ed with certainty as Valdivianemertes valdiviae, at 602 m depth
in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica). As there is no extant holotype, we here
redescribe this species from this new specimen and designate it the neotype of this
species; photomicrographs of the different regions of the body and the proboscis
structure are provided for the ?rst time.
