WoRMS name details
Chrysopetalum maculata Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003
326751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326751)
unaccepted (incorrect original spelling, for compulsory gender agreement)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Aguado, M.T.; Capa, M. and San Martin, G. (2003). The genus Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Chrysopetalidae) in the Pacific coast of Panama. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 116(1): 82-95., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34564950 [details]
Type locality contained in Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Panama (marine)
type locality contained in Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Panama (marine) [details]
Etymology Authors: "The species name derives from the latin macula ( = spot), in reference to the numerous dark spots on the surface...
Etymology Authors: "The species name derives from the latin macula ( = spot), in reference to the numerous dark spots on the surface of paleae". Latin macula is a feminine noun, meaning a spot, mark, or stain. However, 'maculata' as used is an adjective (maculatus -a -um) and must agree with genus name Chrysopetalum (neuter genus), thus the species name should be 'maculatum'. The adjective is exceedingly common as a species-group name, with WoRMS reporting nearly 950 masculine 'maculatus' name variants, nearly 1200 feminine 'maculata' names, and nearly 290 neuter 'maculatum' names. There is absolutely no doubt that it is a gender-variant adjective. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalum maculata Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326751 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Aguado, M.T.; Capa, M. and San Martin, G. (2003). The genus Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Chrysopetalidae) in the Pacific coast of Panama. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 116(1): 82-95., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34564950 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando. (2018). Chrysopetalids (Phyllodocida: Chrysopetalidae) from the southern Mexican Pacific, including a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4521(1): 61-88., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4521.1.3
page(s): 68, figures; note: new records, description and figures [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 68, figures; note: new records, description and figures [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Authors: "The species name derives from the latin macula ( = spot), in reference to the numerous dark spots on the surface of paleae". Latin macula is a feminine noun, meaning a spot, mark, or stain. However, 'maculata' as used is an adjective (maculatus -a -um) and must agree with genus name Chrysopetalum (neuter genus), thus the species name should be 'maculatum'. The adjective is exceedingly common as a species-group name, with WoRMS reporting nearly 950 masculine 'maculatus' name variants, nearly 1200 feminine 'maculata' names, and nearly 290 neuter 'maculatum' names. There is absolutely no doubt that it is a gender-variant adjective. [details]Spelling Compulsory gender agreement of suffix requires the adjectival species-group name 'maculata' to be corrected to be maculatum. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Panama (marine) [details]
