WoRMS taxon details
Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997
711075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711075)
accepted
Genus
Psammolyce gracilis Potts, 1910 accepted as Pottsipelogenia gracilis (Potts, 1910) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
Etymology Pottsipelogenia is named for Frank A. Potts, who described the type species, plus
Pelogenia. Gender feminine.
Pelogenia. Gender feminine.
Etymology Pottsipelogenia is named for Frank A. Potts, who described the type species, plus
Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]
Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711075 on 2024-10-15
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original description
Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Pelogeniinae with dorsal cirri on segment III, with short cirrophores and very long styles. Neuropodia with segment II without long terminal appendages. Neurosetae compound falcigers, with blades all with bifid tips, stems mostly with spinous rows. Prostomium with small lateral ctenidia (except P. malayana). Upper lip with facial tubercle. Elytral and neuropodial filiform papillae not articulated (Pettibone, 1997). [details]Etymology Pottsipelogenia is named for Frank A. Potts, who described the type species, plus
Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]