Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Solis-Weiss, V.; Fauchald, K. (1989). Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from mangrove root-mats in Belize, with a revision of Protoariciin genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 102(3): 772-792., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34551156 page(s): 785 [details]
taxonomy source
Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653 page(s): 118; note: comments on Pettibonella in relation to the similar Proscoloplos [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource
Gopal, Aiswarya; Useph, Abdul Jaleel Koovapurath; Varghese, Saramma Aikkarakunnath; Narayana, Sanjeevan Veloorkirakathil. (2014). A new species of polychaete, <i>Pettibonella shompens</i> sp. nov. (Orbiniidae), from the Nicobar Islands, North Indian Ocean. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 10(10): 1033-1037., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2013.879988 page(s): 1037; note: synoptic table for species [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Solis-Weiss & Fauchald (1989: 785): ''Prostomium rounded or conical, usually with two eyespots. Two anterior asetigerous segments. Branchiae deciduous, present from thoracic region, becoming longer than notopodial postsetal lobes in abdominal region. Notopodial postsetal lobes well developed in thorax and abdomen, neuropodial postsetal lobes well developed only in thorax. Notosetae include crenulate capillaries only. Neurosetae in thorax and abdomen include crenulate capillaries (shorter than notosetae) and uncini in thorax; a few crenulate capillaries and two different kinds of dentate hooks in abdomen. The pygidium with four digitiform anal cirri. [details]
Etymology Honoring Dr. Marian H. Pettibone [details]
Taxonomy Blake 92017: 118) comments on Pettibonella in relation to the similar Proscoloplos, maintains them as separate, and notes that "the presence of thoracic neuropodial uncini is therefore the most obvious character that differentiates Pettibonella from Proscoloplos and is similar to the manner in which Leitoscoloplos is separated from Scoloplos." [details]
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