Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Pleijel, Fredrik and Rouse, G.W. 2005. Reproductive biology of a new hesionid polychaete from the Great Barrier Reef. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 208(1): 69-76. page(s): 71 [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Here in Hesioninae, although placement with respect to Hesionidae clades uncertain as apparent sister taxon to other genera. A later work (Ruta et al. 2007) suggest this is because Lizardia (with the non code compliant 'capricornia' LITU) has many plesiomorphic characters, combined with autapomorphic reproductive features. [details]
Homonymy Senior to Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 (replacement name Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015) in Terebellidae [details]
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