title: Orbiniidae (Annelida: Errantia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia with notes on orbiniid phylogeny.
abstract: The fauna of Orbiniidae (Annelida: Errantia) from the Lizard Island has been studied. Five species were found and each was redescribed and illustrated using light microscopy and SEM. Scoloplos acutissimus Hartmann-Schröder, 1991 and Scoloplos dayi Hartmann-Schröder, 1980 collected for the first time since their original descriptions and confirmed through re-examination of their type materials. Molecular analyses were carried out using nuclear 18S rDNA and mitochondrial 16S rDNA and CO1 gene sequences with evolutionary distances and the Neighbor-Joining Method. The molecular analyses did not support the monophyly of the genera Scoloplos, Leitoscoloplos, Leodamas, and Naineris, and its results are incongruent with morphological data.
authors.affiliation: N.A.Pertsov White Sea Biological Station, Biological faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow 119234, Russia.; Email: azhadan@wsbs-msu.ru.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhadan
authors.affiliation: P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Science, Nakhimovski prospect 36, Moscow117997, Russia. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stupnikova
authors.affiliation: N.A.Pertsov White Sea Biological Station, Biological faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow 119234, Russia. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neretina
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D062312:Islands; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009929:Organ Size; D010802:Phylogeny; D011077:Polychaeta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development