WoRMS taxon details
original description
Kudenov, Jerry D. (1991). A new family and genus of the order Amphinomida (Polychaeta) from the Galapagos Hydrothermal vents. <em>Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 111-120. page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Body short, fusiform, with mid-ventral scutes, up to 38 segments; iridescent purple or pink. Prostomium, bearing five appendages including median antenna arising from anterior part of caruncle, antennae and palps. Dark, deeply embedded pigmentation “eyespots,” numbering two pairs. Caruncle, narrow, elongate and trilobed, fused to body at chaetiger 2 (chaetal segments), unattached thereafter. Segmental lobes large and laterally bursiform. Parapodia biramous, notopodia and neuropodia well separated. Notochaetal fascicles arrayed in radial whorls. Dorsal, accessory dorsal and ventral cirri present on all segments, except terminal chaetigers. Ramified branchiae, digitiform tuft, first appearance on chaetiger 3. Chaetae bifurcate. Anus position dorsal on posterior chaetigers. Pygidium with unpaired median cirrus (Source: Borda et al 2013 supplement) [details]
Etymology Author: "... combines the Greek terms 'arch-', meaning primitive, and 'nomas', meaning roaming about for pasture, with reference to the hydrothermal vents." [details]
Grammatical gender Archinome is feminine [details]
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