WoRMS taxon details
Erseia Nygren, Sundkvist, Mikac & Pleijel, 2010
531003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531003)
accepted
Genus
Erseia oligochaeta Nygren, Sundkvist, Mikac & Pleijel, 2010 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nygren, Arne; Sundkvist, Tobias; Mikac, Barbara; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010. Two new and two poorly known autolytines (Polychaeta: Syllidae)
from Madeira and the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 2640: 35–52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02640p052f.pdf
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
Etymology Erseia is named in honour of Christer Erséus for his contributions to annelid phylogeny and taxonomy. The name is also...
Etymology Erseia is named in honour of Christer Erséus for his contributions to annelid phylogeny and taxonomy. The name is also intended as a "play on words", one of Erséus' distinguishing features. Gender masculine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Erseia Nygren, Sundkvist, Mikac & Pleijel, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531003 on 2024-09-24
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original description
Nygren, Arne; Sundkvist, Tobias; Mikac, Barbara; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010. Two new and two poorly known autolytines (Polychaeta: Syllidae)
from Madeira and the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 2640: 35–52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02640p052f.pdf
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Procerini with only 1-2 unidentate simple chaetae in all chaetigers, and a trepan with single large, and 25-28 smaller teeth. [details]Etymology Erseia is named in honour of Christer Erséus for his contributions to annelid phylogeny and taxonomy. The name is also intended as a "play on words", one of Erséus' distinguishing features. Gender masculine. [details]