WoRMS taxon details
Veneriserva pygoclava Rossi, 1984
332808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332808)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rossi, Mark M. (1984). A new genus and species of iphitimid parasitic in an aphroditid (Polychaeta), with an emendation of the family Iphitimidae. <em>Bulletin. Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 83(3): 163-166., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34154906 [details] Available for editors [request]
Note southern California, offshore, Pacific Ocean,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality southern California, offshore, Pacific Ocean, (33°31.5'N, 118°13.7'W; 457 m), endoparasitic in Aphrodita longipalpa Essenberg [details]
Etymology author: For Veneriserva pygoclava the "specific name (pyge, Greek = buttocks; clava, Latin = club) refers to the shape of...
Etymology author: For Veneriserva pygoclava the "specific name (pyge, Greek = buttocks; clava, Latin = club) refers to the shape of the pygidium." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Veneriserva pygoclava Rossi, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332808 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Rossi, Mark M. (1984). A new genus and species of iphitimid parasitic in an aphroditid (Polychaeta), with an emendation of the family Iphitimidae. <em>Bulletin. Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 83(3): 163-166., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34154906 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C.; Cantone, G. (2002). A new record of the endosymbiont polychaete Veneriserva (Dorvilleidae), with description of a new sub-species, and relationships with its host Laetmonice producta (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) in Southern Ocean waters (Antarctica). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 141(4): 691-698., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-002-0870-1 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Tilic, Ekin; Rouse, Greg W. (2024). Hardly Venus's servant—morphological adaptations of Veneriserva to an endoparasitic lifestyle and its phylogenetic position within Dorvilleidae (Annelida). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> Efirst: 1-17., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-023-00633-8 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C.; Cantone, G. (2002). A new record of the endosymbiont polychaete Veneriserva (Dorvilleidae), with description of a new sub-species, and relationships with its host Laetmonice producta (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) in Southern Ocean waters (Antarctica). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 141(4): 691-698., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-002-0870-1 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Tilic, Ekin; Rouse, Greg W. (2024). Hardly Venus's servant—morphological adaptations of Veneriserva to an endoparasitic lifestyle and its phylogenetic position within Dorvilleidae (Annelida). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> Efirst: 1-17., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-023-00633-8 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: For Veneriserva pygoclava the "specific name (pyge, Greek = buttocks; clava, Latin = club) refers to the shape of the pygidium." [details]Type locality southern California, offshore, Pacific Ocean, (33°31.5'N, 118°13.7'W; 457 m), endoparasitic in Aphrodita longipalpa Essenberg [details]
From other sources
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]