Aquatic Research Consulting, 24 Hitty Tom Road, Duxbury, MA 02332. USA; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
Zootaxa. 2021 Jun 21;4990(2):253279. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.3.
Six species of Caulleriella (Cirratulidae), four new to science, are reported from continental shelf and slope depths of the western North Atlantic. The majority of new material was collected as part of deep-water reconnaissance and monitoring surveys along the U.S. Atlantic coast from New England to the Carolinas that were intended to understand the potential impacts of oil and gas exploration in poorly known offshore environments. Additional materials from shallow water and shelf habitats off New England and New York as part of other projects are also included. New species include: Caulleriella filiformia n. sp., C. nobska n. sp., C. pintada n. sp., and C. rodmani n. sp. In addition, new records and comments are provided for C. venefica Doner Blake, 2016 a widespread shelf species and C. sp., a potential new species represented by a few specimens from rocky nearshore New England habitats. The latter may be related to the enigmatic C. fragilis (Leidy, 1855). A review of known deep-water species of Caulleriella is provided.
六种 Caulleriella（Cirratulidae 科）物种，其中四种为新发现的科学物种，来自北大西洋西部大陆架和斜坡深处。大部分新材料是作为美国大西洋沿岸深水侦察和监测调查的一部分收集的，这些调查旨在了解在知之甚少的近海环境中进行石油和天然气勘探的潜在影响。还包括来自新英格兰和纽约近海浅水区和大陆架栖息地的其他项目的额外材料。新物种包括：丝状 Caulleriella n. sp.、诺布斯卡 Caulleriella n. sp.、品塔达 Caulleriella n. sp. 和罗德曼 Caulleriella n. sp. 此外，还为广泛分布在大陆架上的物种 Caulleriella venefica Doner Blake, 2016 和一种潜在的新物种 Caulleriella sp. 提供了新的记录和评论，后者仅由来自新英格兰近岸多岩石栖息地的少数标本代表。后者可能与神秘的 Caulleriella fragilis (Leidy, 1855) 有关。还提供了已知深海 Caulleriella 物种的综述。
