Etymology

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Authors: Arenotrocha is from 'Arena' = sand (Latin) and 'trochus' = encirclement, ciliary ring (Greek). As the ending of 'trochus' is modified to 'trocha' the authors intended a feminine genus, also indicated by the use of 'minuta'

Westheide, Wilfried ; Nordheim, Henning von. (1985). Interstital Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Europe Australia and New Zealand. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 14(3): 183-199. available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1985.tb00189.x