WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles. page(s): 737 [details]
status source
Fitzhugh, Kirk. (1989). A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 192: 1-104., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/881 page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Fitzhugh (1989) explains that Hartman (1969) established Sabellonga (and the family Sabellongidae) on the basis of the presumed presence of spioniform palps on the "prostomium." based on "palp scars". However, Hartman probably misinterpreted ventral lips or sacs for palp scars. The genus remains unique for large, falcate notopodial spines in the last five abdominal setigers, but is known only from the single original specimen. [details]
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