Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hanley, J. Russell and Burke, Melanie 1988. A new genus and species of commensal scaleworm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 5(1): 5-15. page(s): 5-8 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: "the generic name alludes to the distinctive shape of the pygidium" [details]
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