WoRMS name details
original description
Solís-Weiss, Vivianne; Espinasa, Luis. (1991). <i>Lycastilla cavernicola</i>, a new freshwater nereidid from an inland Mexican cave (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Namanereidinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104(3): 631-639., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34809329 page(s): 632 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Glasby, C.J. (1999). The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1. Taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.</em> 25: 1-129., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.25.1999.1354 page(s): 73-74 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Solís-Weiss & Espinasa (1991: 632): "Antennae, tentacular cirri and anal cirri articulate, well developed. Prostomium cleft anteriorly; with paired antennae, biarticulate palps. Tentacular segment with 3 pairs of tentacular cirri. Eversible pharynx without chitinous paragnaths or soft papillae; jaws with few teeth. Parapodia uniramous, with neuropodial ligule only, dorsal and ventral cirri; notoaciculum and neuroaciculum present. Notoaciculum distally recurved. Setae include heterogomph spinigers and falcigers. Two anal cirri." [details]
Etymology "The name is a free derivation of Lycastopsis and Lycastoides, close genera" (Solís-Weiss & Espinasa, 1991: 632). [details]
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