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Polychaeta taxon detailsParasclerocheilus Fauvel, 1928
324771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324771)
accepted
Genus
Parasclerocheilus branchiatus Fauvel, 1928 (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
masculine
Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. II. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(2): 159-165., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5532364m/f41.image.r=Ouest-Eclair.langES
page(s): 159 [details]
Etymology Sclero, 'hard', and Cheilus, 'lips' or 'rim'. Brown (1954: 486) treated cheilus/chelus names as neuter, but in WoRMS...
Etymology Sclero, 'hard', and Cheilus, 'lips' or 'rim'. Brown (1954: 486) treated cheilus/chelus names as neuter, but in WoRMS -cheilus genera names overwhelmingly are treated as masculine genera. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Parasclerocheilus Fauvel, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324771 on 2026-03-05
Date action by
original description
Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. II. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(2): 159-165., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5532364m/f41.image.r=Ouest-Eclair.langES
page(s): 159 [details] taxonomy source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1 page(s): 199 and table 7.; note: Parasclerocheilus Fauvel, 1928 is compared to Sclerobregma Hartman, 1965. Both genera are maintained [details] additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf page(s): 44 [details] From editor or global species database
Diagnosis "Body elongated; prostomium T-shaped; eyes present. One asetigerous segment present. Branchiae present. Dorsal cirri absent, ventral cirri present in posterior setigers. Acicular spines present in up to four anterior setigers; other setae include capillaries and furcate setae." (Fauchald, 1977: 44). [details]Diagnosis (Emended Blake, 2025: 202). Body elongate, arenicoliform, expanded anteriorly. Prostomium T-shaped with lateral horns or frontal horns. Peristomium a single ring dorsally, ventrally surrounding mouth. Parapodia biramous, posterior segments with dorsal cirri absent or reduced to low swelling; ventral cirri present as simple elongate lobe; interramal papillae present; arborescent branched branchiae present on setigers 2–7, or six pairs. Chaetae include acicular spines on a few anterior chaetigers, capillaries, furcate chaetae present or absent; short spinous chaetae anterior to acicular spines present or absent. Pygidium with or without long anal cirri. [details] Etymology Sclero, 'hard', and Cheilus, 'lips' or 'rim'. Brown (1954: 486) treated cheilus/chelus names as neuter, but in WoRMS -cheilus genera names overwhelmingly are treated as masculine genera. [details] Grammatical gender Masculine by original author treatment. Strictly Parasclerocheilus is neuter as is Sclerocheilus as cheilus is neuter Greek in Brown (1954), but the respective authors, Grube and Fauvel treated the genera as masculine by using a masculine adjective with them. They certainly look as if they should be masculine genera. Brown (1954: 486) treated cheilus/chelus names as neuter, but in WoRMS -cheilus genera names overwhelmingly are treated as masculine genera [details] |
