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Name

Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditidae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revision of the Aphroditid genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 79: 95-108.

SourceID

51343

Authors

Pettibone, Marian H.

Year

1966

Title

Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditidae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revision of the Aphroditid genera

Journal

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Suffix

79: 95-108

Type

Publication

Link

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562769

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

Geographical term

East Pacific

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Taxa (1)
Notes (6)

Aphroditella Roule, 1898 accepted as Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 (source of synonymy)

Etymology

for Heteraphrodita altoni Pettibone, 1966

The species is named for Mr. Miles S. Alton, who collected the specimens. [details]

Homonymy

for Aphroditella Roule, 1898

Aphroditella Roule, 1898 is junior to Aphroditella Lendenfeld 1887 in Porifera. Aphroditella Roule is an ... [details]

Synonymy

for Aphroditella Roule, 1898

Pettibone (1966:97) reported (correctly) that the type species of Aphroditella Roule was a young form of Aphrodita ... [details]

Synonymy

for Hermonia Hartman, 1959

Hermonia (replacement name for junior homonym Hermione) was synonymised with genus Laetmonice by Pettibone, 1966 [details]

Type locality

for Heteraphrodita altoni Pettibone, 1966

off Oregon, south-west of the mouth of the Columbia River, Pacific coast of the USA, 45°45'N 125°9'E, 1650 m [details]

Type species

for Hermonia Hartman, 1959

Pettibone (1966) gives the type species as the original name Halithea hystrix Lamarck, 1818, not the subsequent ... [details]