World Polychaeta Database - Gaoloufangchaeta Zhao, Li & Selden, 2023 †

WoRMS taxon details

Gaoloufangchaeta Zhao, Li & Selden, 2023 †

AphiaID

1747555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1747555)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Gaoloufangchaeta bifurcus Zhao, Li & Selden, 2023 † (type by original designation)

Parent

Phyllodocida incertae sedis

Orig. name

Gaoloufangchaeta Zhao, Li & Selden, 2023 †

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Gaoloufangchaeta bifurcus Zhao, Li & Selden, 2023 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Zhao, Jun; Li, Yujing; Selden, Paul A. (2023). A new primitive polychaete with eyes from the lower Cambrian Guanshan biota of Yunnan Province, China. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.</em> 11: 1128070: 1-8., available online at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1128070
page(s): 2 of 8, figures 2-4; note: Gaoloufang section, Kunming, Yunnan, China, horizon of Wulongqing Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4), geolocation 24.9592 N, 102.8054 E. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Gaoloufangchaeta Zhao, Li & Selden, 2023 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1747555 on 2024-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-04-12 01:54:53Z

created

Read, Geoffrey

2024-04-12 08:54:40Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)
Notes (3)

original description Zhao, Jun; Li, Yujing; Selden, Paul A. (2023). A new primitive polychaete with eyes from the lower Cambrian Guanshan biota of Yunnan Province, China. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.</em> 11: 1128070: 1-8., available online at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1128070
page(s): 2 of 8, figures 2-4; note: Gaoloufang section, Kunming, Yunnan, China, horizon of Wulongqing Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4), geolocation 24.9592 N, 102.8054 E. [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Body tripartite (tentative) and elongated, bearing a pair of tentacles, bicellular eyes, and possible nuchal organs; the anterior part of the body being a reversed trapezoid in outline; at least seven pairs of uniramous parapodia with simple chaetae; pygidium large and bifid. (Zhao et al 2023) [details]

Etymology authors: Gaoloufangchaeta is a compound of "Gaoloufang, referring to the location where the fossil was found [and] chaeta [hair]/bristles], a diagnostic characteristic of polychaetes." [details]

Grammatical gender The authors contribute no information on the gender of the new genus, apart from the spelling they use. However, 'chaeta' is feminine, therefore the genus is feminine. This is in conflict with the species-group name of bifurcus which is a descriptive adjective and should agree with the genus gender, therefore should be bifurca rather than the masculine bifurcus. [details]