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Pettibone, Marian H. (1986). Additions to the family Eulepethidae Chamberlin (Polychaeta: Aphroditacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 441: 1-51.
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10.5479/si.00810282.441 [view]
Pettibone, Marian H.
1986
Additions to the family Eulepethidae Chamberlin (Polychaeta: Aphroditacea)
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
441: 1-51
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The previous revisionary study of the family Eulepethidae by Pettibone (1969) is supplemented, based on additional available material, including young stages. Two new genera, five new species, and two new combinations are added to the family.
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 Diagnosis

Lamelleulepethus agrees with Grubeulepis Pettibone in all respects, except for the addition of the unique large ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Body short, segments about 37. Elytra 12 pairs, on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, alternate segments to 21, 24; elytra with ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Proeulepethus differs from the other genera of Eulepethidae in having elytra with entire borders, not notched or ... [details]

 Etymology

author: "From the Latin Lamella (plate) plus the generic epithet Eulepethus, referring to the presence of the ... [details]

 Etymology

author: "from the Latin pro (before) plus the generic epithet Eulepethus, indicating its relationship to the ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

masculine (fide author) [details]

 Grammatical gender

masculine (fide Pettibone, 1986) [details]

 Grammatical gender

masculine (fide author) [details]

 Synonymy

Pettibone (1986: 4) only states (taken from Imajima, 1974) that "Japoeulepis was separated from Mexieulepis based ... [details]