Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 8, 2026

Author Spotlight: Exploring Bradysia coprophila's Unique Biology – A Guide to Laboratory Maintenance
Published on: April 19, 2024
New species of the scale worm genus Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from southeast Brazil
Nathalia Padovanni1, Antonia Cecília Z Amaral
1Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP 13083-862. Campinas, SP. nathpadovanni@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Exploration of poorly known regions of the Brazilian coast has resulted in the discovery of a new species in the scale worm family Pholoidae. Pholoe microantennata sp. nov. occurs at the Campos Basin (states of Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro) and along the northern coast of São Paulo State. It differs from other species in the genus because it has numerous large and conical marginal papillae on the elytra and two small lateral antenna attached to the distal portion of the prostomium. The family Pholoidae remains species-poor compared with most polychaete families, and it currently comprises 24 species worldwide. In Brazil, only three species of this family have been recorded.
Related Concept Videos
Diversity of Protists I
Bacterial Phylum Planctomycetes
Diversity of Protists IV
Diversity of Protists III
Phylogenetic Species Concept in Microbiology
Bacterial Phylum Spirochaetes

