Taxonomic implications of describing a new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) with two size-dependent morphotypes Author Martin, Daniel B1D58BF8-6FB4-41EE-9B0C-3E52632A42C4 Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Carrer d’accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes (Girona), Catalunya, Spain. dani@ceab.csic.es Author Capa, María A5F87E39-A766-4619-915D-9FC759B56206 Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122 Palma, Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain. maria.capa@uib.es Author Martínez, Alejandro 233D1520-C737-441E-ABBD-2A76E5444821 Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Pallanza, Italy. amartinez.ull@gmail.com Author Costa, Ana Cristina 96258146-6B7E-4AED-A7CA-49B6D0F99458 Research Centre for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (InBio / CIBIO), Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores. Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores Arquipélago, Portugal. ana.cm.costa@uac.pt text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-08-01 833 60 96 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1887 journal article 112247 10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1887 0bc0c715-d144-4f64-bb59-b15fe98e9704 2118-9773 6949902 F2C142A4-94C0-4D5E-86AD-925F23103A95

Table 3. Comparison of lateral lappets and number of teeth (including the main fang and the upper teeth) in thoracic and abdominal uncini of the species of Loimia Malmgren, 1866 considered as valid in the present study. Abbreviation: r = reduced.

Species	Lateral lappets	Thoracic uncini	Abdominal uncini	Location	Original description
L. annulifilis					Grube (1872)
L. arborea	1 and 2/3	5(6)	6(7)	Japan	Moore (1903)
L. armata					Carrerette & Nogueira (2015)
L. bandera					Hutchings (1990)
L. batilla	1 and 2/3	6	7	Australia	Hutchings & Glasby (1988)
L. bermudensis	1 and 3	5–6(6r)	5–6(6r)	Bermuda	Verrill (1900)
L. borealis					Wang et al. (2020)
L. brasiliensis					Carrerette & Nogueira (2015)
L. contorta					Ehlers (1908)
L. crassifilis					Grube (1878)
L. davidi sp. nov. (larger)	1 and 3	6(6r)	6(6r)	Açores Archipelago	This paper
L. davidi sp. nov. (smaller)	1 and 3	4	5	Açores Archipelago	This paper
L. decora	1 and 2/3	5	5	Sri Lanka	Pillai (1961)
L. gigantea	1 and 3	6(5)	6(5)	Atlantic (France)	Montagu (1819), redescribed by Lavesque et al. (2017)
L. grubei	1 and 2/3	5	5–6	Philippines	Holthe (1986)
L. ingens					Grube (1878)
L. juani					Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette (2015)
L. keablei					Nogueira et al. (2015)
L. macrobranchia					Wang et al. (2020)
L. medusa	1 and 3	4–5	4–5	Persian Gulf / Red Sea	Savigny (1822)
L. medusa angustescutata					Willey (1905)
L. megaoculata					Carrerette & Nogueira (2015)
L. minuta	1 and 3	5	6	Caribbean (Mexico)	Treadwell (1929)
L. nigrifilis					Caullery (1944)
L. ochracea					Grube (1877)
L. pseudotriloba					Nogueira et al. (2015)
L. salazari	1 and 3	4	4	Caribbean (Venezuela)	Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra (2005)
L. savignyi					McIntosh (1885)
L. savignyi trussanica					Annenkova (1925)
L. triloba	1 (3 and 4)	5(6)	5(6)	Australia	Hutchings & Glasby (1988)
L. tuberculata					Nogueira et al. (2015)
L. turgida					Andrews (1891)
L. variegata					Grube (1869)
L. verrucosa	1 and 3	7	7	Indonesia	Caullery (1944)
L. viridis	1 and 3	7–8	7–8	Massachusetts (USA)	Moore (1903)