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Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972

325973  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325973)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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Fauchald, K.; Belman, B.W. (1972). A notophycid polychaete from California. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 71(2): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304767
page(s): 107 [details]   
Etymology "The generic name refers to the resemblance between this notophycid and members of the Phyllodocidae" (Fauchald & Belman,...  
Etymology "The generic name refers to the resemblance between this notophycid and members of the Phyllodocidae" (Fauchald & Belman, 1972: 107). The Latin suffix -ella (masculine: -ellus) is added to a noun to form a diminuitive of that noun, so the name Phyllodocella would mean 'a small sized Phyllodocidae'.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325973 on 2024-03-28
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original description Fauchald, K.; Belman, B.W. (1972). A notophycid polychaete from California. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 71(2): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304767
page(s): 107 [details]   

source of synonymy Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140.
page(s): 119-120 [details]   
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Fauchald & Belman (1972: 107): "Notophycids with a muscular proboscis, but without jaws.[details]

Etymology "The generic name refers to the resemblance between this notophycid and members of the Phyllodocidae" (Fauchald & Belman, 1972: 107). The Latin suffix -ella (masculine: -ellus) is added to a noun to form a diminuitive of that noun, so the name Phyllodocella would mean 'a small sized Phyllodocidae'.  [details]