WoRMS taxon details
original description
Wang, Yueyun; Cheng, Hong; Wang, Chunsheng. (2021). <i>Alentiana palinpoda</i>, a new commensal polynoid species from a seamount in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 40(12): 12-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1888-x page(s): 15-16, Fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype RSIO B6317500003, geounit North Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The specific name palinpoda is a combination of the
Greek palin- (backward) and poda (foot), referring to the ventral side
of neuropodia of the new species rolling upward and backward" Wang et al (2021: 15) [details]
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