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Polymastus Claparède, 1864

238322  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238322)

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Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 569 [details]   
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Polymastus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin poly-, meaning 'many' or 'much' and the ...  
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Polymastus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin poly-, meaning 'many' or 'much' and the Greek root mastus, meaning 'breast' or 'nipple', and refers probably to the presence of four dorsal longitudinal rows of spheric structures resembling nipples that characterizes the genus.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polymastus Claparède, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238322 on 2024-03-19
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original description Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 569 [details]   

source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/  [details]   

source of synonymy Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 651; note: with Eurysyllis [as Eurisyllis (sic)] Ehlers, 1864 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

source of synonymy San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS[details]   
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Claparède (1864: 569): ''Syllidés à lobes frontaux bien circonscrits, mais non saillants en avant du bord frontal. Pharynx rectiligne, inerme. Trois antennes en forme de lobes trapézoïdaux. Pieds piriformes. Cirres tentaculaires et cirres dorsaux transformés en tubercules surmontés d'une sphère. Sur le dos quatre rangées longitudinales de sphères semblables aux cirres dorsaux. Pas de cirres ventraux. Reproduction?'' [details]

Etymology Not stated. The generic name Polymastus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin poly-, meaning 'many' or 'much' and the Greek root mastus, meaning 'breast' or 'nipple', and refers probably to the presence of four dorsal longitudinal rows of spheric structures resembling nipples that characterizes the genus.  [details]