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Blake, James A; Read, Geoffrey B. (2025). Scalibregmatidae (Annelida)—Mandatory species name emendations. Zootaxa. 5693 (3): 447–450.
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Blake, James A; Read, Geoffrey B.
2025
Scalibregmatidae (Annelida)—Mandatory species name emendations
Zootaxa
5693 (3): 447–450
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The Zoological Code requires mandatory correction for incorrect gender-agreement of adjectival species-group names
(ICZN 1999: article 31.2). This applies to both original names and recombinations. Authorships do not change with
gender-agreement spelling changes. There are an unusual number of neuter genera (6 of 15) in Scalibregmatidae, and in
a recent monograph of scalibregmatid polychaetes 76 species including 54 new species, were covered, most of which
were correctly introduced with new or recombined neuter-gender adjectival names (Blake 2025). However, a few mostly
minor spelling changes required for certain neuter constructions were overlooked. Here we make those changes and some
related changes for previously described species. The genders of all valid genera within Scalibregmatidae are noted in
Read & Fauchald (2025).
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Asclerocheilus pseudocollare (Schüller & Hilbig, 2007) accepted as Asclerocheilus pseudocollaris (Schüller & Hilbig, 2007) (status source)
Hyboscolex verrucosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 (status source) Mucibregma spinosa Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 accepted as Mucibregma spinosum Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 (status source) Mucibregma spinosum Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 (basis of record) Oligobregma aciculatum (Hartman, 1965) (additional source) Oligobregma aristatum Blake, 2023 (basis of record) Oligobregma mucronatum Blake, 2015 (basis of record) Oligobregma oculatum Kudenov & Blake, 1978 (basis of record) Oligobregma profundum Blake, 2023 (basis of record) Oligobregma quadrispinosum Schüller & Hilbig, 2007 (basis of record) Oligobregma tasmanius (Kirkegaard, 1996) (basis of record) Oligobregma weddelliense Blake, 2025 (basis of record) Pseudoscalibregma bransfieldia (Hartman, 1967) (status source) Pseudoscalibregma gracile Blake, 2025 (basis of record) Scalibregma australe Blake, 2015 (basis of record) Scalibregma australis Blake, 2015 accepted as Scalibregma australe Blake, 2015 (status source) Scalibregma beaufortense Blake, 2025 (basis of record) Scalibregma chilense Blake, 2025 (basis of record) Scalibregma lydoniense Blake, 2025 (basis of record) Scalibregma ridleyense Blake, 2025 (basis of record) Sclerobregma branchiatum Hartman, 1965 (status source) Sclerobregma nanhaiense Lin, Huang, Liang & He, 2025 (status source) Etymology The specific epithet australis is the Latin word for 'southern', and refers to the distribution of the species, ... [details] Grammatical gender Blake & Read (2025: 448) treated 'bathyala' as a neologism, rather than a Latinized adjective as the suffix ... [details] Grammatical gender Neuter. Rathke (1843) gave the type species a neuter species-group name, 'inflatum', consistent with his derivation ... [details] Spelling Spelling as Oligobregma mucronatum (not mucronata) is a mandatory correction under the Code (article 31.2 [details] Spelling As stated in the etymology 'renuncula' seems to be a neologism and is treated as unchanging noun in apposition. ... [details] Spelling See the original description note on the etymology of Eusclerocheilus bransfieldia Hartman, 1967 for an analysis on ... [details] Spelling As Scalibregma is a neuter gender genus it is mandatory to correct the adjectival spelling to australe as ... [details] Spelling Note that the author published the species-group name as 'beaufortensis' instead of the correct neuter ... [details] |