WoRMS taxon details
original description
Bertelsen, Rodney Duane. (1986). <i>Speleobregma lanzaroteum</i>, a new genus and species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from a marine cave in the Canary Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(3): 375-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595846 page(s): 376 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Body elongate, slender, and cylindrical. Prostomium blunt, entire, with lateral horns. Acicular setae and furcate setae lacking; branchiae absent; capillary setae in both rami with hisute hooded geniculate setae in neuropodia. [details]
Etymology "Speleo" referring to cave, "bregma" from the stem of the family. Gender: neuter. [details]
Grammatical gender Neuter. Bertelsen (1986) correctly states the genus is neuter gender, and reinforces that by choosing a neuter adjectival species-group name, 'lanzaroteum' [details]
Type species Speleobregma lanzaroteum Bertelsen, 1986 [details]
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