WoRMS taxon details
original description
Horst, Rutger. (1915). On new and little-known species of Polynoinae from the Netherlands' East-Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 1(1): 2-20., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318645 page(s): 10, no figures; note: Siboga-expedition, Stat. 105, north off Soeloe island (Philippines?) [details]
additional source
Pettibone, Marian H. 1989. A new species of Benhamipolynoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Lepidastheniinae) from Australia, associated with the unattached stylasterid coral Conopora adeta. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(2): 300-304. page(s): 301; note: assignment to Lepidastheniinae [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Parahalosydna is assumed named from its similarity to Halosydna as Horst writes "fully agrees with Halosydna, but only possesses 15 pairs of elytra." [details]
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