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Polychaeta taxon detailsOctocapitella Brown, 1987
324661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324661)
accepted
Genus
Octocapitella pettiboneae Brown, 1987 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
Brown, Betsy. (1987). A new genus and species of Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 56-61.
page(s): 56 [details]
Etymology Author: "named to denote capitellids with eight thoracic setigers bearing capillary setae"
Etymology Author: "named to denote capitellids with eight thoracic setigers bearing capillary setae" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Octocapitella Brown, 1987. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324661 on 2024-04-19
Date action by
original description
Brown, Betsy. (1987). A new genus and species of Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 56-61.
page(s): 56 [details] From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Author: "Thorax with 9 segments, consisting of achaetous peristomium and 8 segments bearing capillary setae in both rami. Abdomen with neuropodial and notopodial hooks. Branchiae and obvious nephridial papillae absent."[details] Etymology Author: "named to denote capitellids with eight thoracic setigers bearing capillary setae" [details] Grammatical gender feminine [details] |