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Polychaeta name details
Demonax brevithoracicus
(Pillai, 1961)
AphiaID
530918
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530918)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Annelida
(Phylum)
Polychaeta
(Class)
Sedentaria
(Subclass)
Canalipalpata
(Infraclass)
Sabellida
(Order)
Sabellidae
(Family)
Sabellinae
(Subfamily)
Demonax
(Genus)
Demonax brevithoracicus
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(superseded recombination)
Accepted name
Parasabella brevithoracica
(Pillai, 1961)
Rank
Species
Parent
Demonax
Kinberg, 1867
accepted as
Parasabella
Bush, 1905
Original name
Potamilla brevithoracica
Pillai, 1961
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Potamilla brevithoracica
Pillai, 1961
)
Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 4(1): 1-40.
,
available online at
http://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7600
page(s): 35-36, fig. 11E-L
[details]
Available for editors
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Taxonomic citation
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database.
Demonax brevithoracicus
(Pillai, 1961). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530918 on 2026-05-15
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-10-09 04:13:17Z
created
Read, Geoffrey
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Sources (2)
original description
(of
Potamilla brevithoracica
Pillai, 1961
)
Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 4(1): 1-40.
,
available online at
http://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7600
page(s): 35-36, fig. 11E-L
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295.
,
available online at
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 262
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
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