WoRMS taxon details
original description
Buzhinskaja, Galina Nikolaevna; Smirnov, Roman Vladimirovich. (2000). <i>Abyssocapitella commensalis</i> gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore <i>Spirobrachia leospira</i> Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(3): 171-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1999.10409425 page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Thorax with achaetous peristomium and 4 setigerous segments. First setiger complete with notopodia and neuropodia. Setigers 1-4 with capillary notosetae and neuropodial hooded hooks. Abdominal setigers with hooded hooks only, except for notopodia of setiger 5, which sometimes bears both capillaries and hooks. Branchiae and nephridial papillae absent. Pygidium simple lobe, without cirri. [details]
Etymology The generic name refers to the depth of the locality where the genus was originally found, and its similarity to the genus Capitella. [details]
Type species Abyssocapitella commensalis Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000. [details]
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