WoRMS taxon details
Paraxionice Fauchald, 1972
325264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325264)
accepted
Genus
Paraxionice artifex Fauchald, 1972 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 318-319 [details]
page(s): 318-319 [details]
Etymology The generic name Paraxionice is composed by the prefix of Greek origin para-, meaning 'close to', and the name of the genus...
Etymology The generic name Paraxionice is composed by the prefix of Greek origin para-, meaning 'close to', and the name of the genus Axionice Malmgren, 1866, referring to its similarity with this genus: ''Paraxionice resembles Axionice Malmgren (1866) and Pista Malmgren (1866) in the structure of the branchiae and the shape of the body'' (Fauchald, 1972: 319). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Paraxionice Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325264 on 2024-03-19
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Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 318-319 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
page(s): 318-319 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name Paraxionice is composed by the prefix of Greek origin para-, meaning 'close to', and the name of the genus Axionice Malmgren, 1866, referring to its similarity with this genus: ''Paraxionice resembles Axionice Malmgren (1866) and Pista Malmgren (1866) in the structure of the branchiae and the shape of the body'' (Fauchald, 1972: 319). [details]