Polychaeta name details
original description
Glasby, C.J. 1994. A new genus and species of polychaete, <i>Bollandia antipathicola</i> (Nereidoidea: Syllidae), from black coral. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(4): 615-621., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515260 page(s): 616 [details]
redescription
Glasby, C.J.; Krell, F.-T. (2009). <i>Bollandiella</i> nom. nov. for the polychaete genus <i>Bollandia</i> Glasby, 1994 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: ?Syllidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 122(3), 355-356., available online at http://pbsw.org/doi/abs/10.2988/09-03.1 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Antenna absent; palps absent; nuchal organs not externally exposed; three pairs of appendages on anterior end, most probably representing one pair of peristomial cirri and two pairs of tentacular cirri (i.e., parapodia of segments 1 and 2 cephalized during ontogeny); pharyngeal apparatus consisting of sinuous, unarmed pharynx, and a barrel-shaped proventriculus; notopodia and notochaetae absent; neurochaetae simple, occur in the sub-acicular position only; anal cirri paired (Glasby, 1994).
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Etymology The genus is named in honor of R.F. Bolland who collected the specimens, and has feminine gender. [details]
Homonymy " ... junior homonym of Bollandia Reed, 1943, a genus of Carboniferous trilobites (Proetida: Phillipsiidae). The trilobite name is well entrenched in the literature (Hahn 1990; 26 references documented by Zoological Record on 5 January 2009) and was conserved by the ICZN in 1991 (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1991). [details]
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