Deep-Sea taxon details
Laetmonecticus Buzhinskaya, 1986
324601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324601)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Buzhinskaya / Buzhinskaja, Galina N. (1986). Laetmonecticus nigrum gen. et sp. n. (Laetmonectidae fam. n., Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Aden. <em>Zoologicheskii zhurnal.</em> 65(8): 1258-1261. [details] Available for editors 
Etymology Buzhinskaya gives the etymology of Laetmonecticus as "The genus name comes from Greek words and means floating in the...
Status Rouse et al (2022:256) considered that Laetmonectidae was likely to be a junior synonym of Acrocirridae and that...
Etymology Buzhinskaya gives the etymology of Laetmonecticus as "The genus name comes from Greek words and means floating in the abyss". Greek Laitma -tos n, meaning the deep sea (Brown, 1956) is believed to be the original stem for other 'laetmon-' based genera names [details]
Status Rouse et al (2022:256) considered that Laetmonectidae was likely to be a junior synonym of Acrocirridae and that...
Status Rouse et al (2022:256) considered that Laetmonectidae was likely to be a junior synonym of Acrocirridae and that Laetmonecticus nigrum may belong to acrocirrid genera Chauvinelia or Helmetophorus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Laetmonecticus Buzhinskaya, 1986. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324601 on 2024-06-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Laetmonecticus Buzhinskaya, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324601 on 2024-06-08
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Buzhinskaya / Buzhinskaja, Galina N. (1986). Laetmonecticus nigrum gen. et sp. n. (Laetmonectidae fam. n., Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Aden. <em>Zoologicheskii zhurnal.</em> 65(8): 1258-1261. [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Buzhinskaya gives the etymology of Laetmonecticus as "The genus name comes from Greek words and means floating in the abyss". Greek Laitma -tos n, meaning the deep sea (Brown, 1956) is believed to be the original stem for other 'laetmon-' based genera names [details]Status Rouse et al (2022:256) considered that Laetmonectidae was likely to be a junior synonym of Acrocirridae and that Laetmonecticus nigrum may belong to acrocirrid genera Chauvinelia or Helmetophorus [details]
