WoRMS taxon details
Potamonereis Villalobos-Guerrero, Conde-Vela & Sato, 2022
1600677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1600677)
accepted
Genus
Composetia kumensis Sato, 2020 accepted as Potamonereis kumensis (Sato, 2020) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Villalobos-Guerrero, T. F.; Conde-Vela, V. M.; Sato, M. (2022). Review of <i>Composetia</i> Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 55(37-38): 2313-2397., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2021.1976295
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Etymology authors: Potamonereis is "combining the name of the type genus of the family, Nereis, preceded by the Greek ποταμός...
Etymology authors: Potamonereis is "combining the name of the type genus of the family, Nereis, preceded by the Greek ποταμός (prefix potamo-), meaning ‘river’. Thus, Potamonereis highlights the freshwater conditions in which the type species dwell. Gender: Feminine." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Potamonereis Villalobos-Guerrero, Conde-Vela & Sato, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1600677 on 2024-05-01
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original description
Villalobos-Guerrero, T. F.; Conde-Vela, V. M.; Sato, M. (2022). Review of <i>Composetia</i> Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 55(37-38): 2313-2397., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2021.1976295
page(s): 2376; note: For Composetia kumensis Sato, 2020. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Prostomial anterior region entire, hemispherical, longitudinal groove present; prostomial posterior region shorter than anterior region. Antennae present. Palpophores obtusely conical, with conspicuous transverse groove. Four eyes, lenticulate. Tentacular belt without ventrolateral projections. Four pairs of tentacular cirri. Jaws denticulate. Maxillary ring of proboscis cylindrical; oral ring of proboscis frustum-shaped. Proboscis with paragnaths only. Paragnaths conical, evenly spaced, present only on maxillary ring of proboscis. Paired oesophageal caeca absent. Segmental glandular patches present. Notopodia well developed. Dorsal cirri attached medially to dorsal ligule in posterior chaetigers. Dorsal, median and ventral ligules present. Dorsal ligule with proximal region compressed. Notopodial prechaetal lobe absent, sometimes as acicular process. Neuropodial postchaetal lobe present, restricted to anterior chaetigers. Neuropodial superior lobe absent. Neuropodial inferior lobe present, restricted to anterior chaetigers. Ventral cirri single. Notoaciculae present in first 2 chaetigers. Notochaetae all homogomph spinigers, throughout. Upper neurochaetae with homogomph spinigers throughout, sometimes also heterogomph spinigers (restricted to anterior chaetigers); lower neurochaetae with heterogomph spinigers throughout. Upper and lower neurochaetae with heterogomph falcigers throughout (occasionally absent in a few anterior chaetigers), without simple chaetae (fused falcigers). Blade of falcigers tapering. (Villalobos-Guerrero et al 2022) [details]Etymology authors: Potamonereis is "combining the name of the type genus of the family, Nereis, preceded by the Greek ποταμός (prefix potamo-), meaning ‘river’. Thus, Potamonereis highlights the freshwater conditions in which the type species dwell. Gender: Feminine." [details]
