WoRMS taxon details
Exogonita Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
325038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325038)
accepted
Genus
Exogonita oculata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Exogonita is derived from the name of the genus Exogone followed by the Latin suffix -ita, to denote...
Etymology The name of the genus Exogonita is derived from the name of the genus Exogone followed by the Latin suffix -ita, to denote the close relation between the two genera. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Exogonita Hartman & Fauchald, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325038 on 2024-03-19
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original description
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Hartman & Fauchald (1971: 53): "The body is short and linear, as is characteristic of the EXOGONINAE. Palpi are fused medially. The prostomium is broadly rectangular and lacks antennae. The first segment is a short, smooth ring with two pairs of blunt, tentacular cirri. The second segment is the first setigerous. The eversible proboscis is smooth, armed with a yellow, distally blunt tooth; the proventriculus is muscular and extends through about four segments. Parapodia are uniramous; setae are composite spinigers in superior position, and composite falcigers in inferior position; yellow acicula occur singly. Median and posterior parapodia have simple setae in uppermost and lowermost positions." [details]Etymology The name of the genus Exogonita is derived from the name of the genus Exogone followed by the Latin suffix -ita, to denote the close relation between the two genera. [details]