Etymology

English

eng

Veneriserva pygoclava meridionalis is (authors) "named after the sites of collection (eastern Weddell Sea and King George Island), both located in the Southern Ocean (in Latin: Oceanus Meridionalis)."

Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C.; Cantone, G. (2002). A new record of the endosymbiont polychaete Veneriserva (Dorvilleidae), with description of a new sub-species, and relationships with its host Laetmonice producta (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) in Southern Ocean waters (Antarctica). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 141(4): 691-698. available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-002-0870-1 Available for editors   [request]