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Polychaeta taxon detailsSpeleobregma Bertelsen, 1986
324775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324775)
accepted
Genus
marine,
recent only
neuter
Bertelsen, Rodney Duane. (1986). <i>Speleobregma lanzaroteum</i>, a new genus and species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from a marine cave in the Canary Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(3): 375-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595846
page(s): 376 [details]
Note Speleobregma lanzaroteum Bertelsen, 1986
From editor or global species database
Type species Speleobregma lanzaroteum Bertelsen, 1986 [details]
Etymology "Speleo" referring to cave, "bregma" from the stem of the family. Gender: neuter.
Etymology "Speleo" referring to cave, "bregma" from the stem of the family. Gender: neuter. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Speleobregma Bertelsen, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324775 on 2026-02-19
Date action by
original description
Bertelsen, Rodney Duane. (1986). <i>Speleobregma lanzaroteum</i>, a new genus and species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from a marine cave in the Canary Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(3): 375-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595846
page(s): 376 [details] From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Body elongate, slender, and cylindrical. Prostomium blunt, entire, with lateral horns. Acicular chaetae and furcate chaetae lacking; branchiae absent; capillary chaetae in both rami with hirsute hooded geniculate chaetae in neuropodia. Subsequent authors (eg Martinez et al 2013) note that it is the presence of hooded geniculate neurochaetae which distinguish Speleobregma from Axiokebuita and that molecular data show the two genera are related but distinct. [details] Etymology "Speleo" referring to cave, "bregma" from the stem of the family. Gender: neuter. [details] Grammatical gender Neuter. Bertelsen (1986) correctly states the genus is neuter gender, and reinforces that by constructing an intended neuter adjectival species-group name, 'lanzaroteum', evidently formed by adding -um to the placename Lanzarote (the island name). A more usual alternative would have been to use the -ensis -ense suffix. [details] Type species Speleobregma lanzaroteum Bertelsen, 1986 [details] |
