Polychaeta name details
original description
Lovell, L.L. (1994). <i>Pseudatherospio fauchaldi</i>, a new genus and species of Spionidae (Polychaeta, Annelidae) from southern California, USA. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie.</em> 162: 237-241. page(s): 238, table 1 [details]
additional source
Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 155 [details]
source of synonymy
Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2018). New species and records of Uncispionidae and <i>Pygospiopsis</i> (Polychaeta, Spionida) from deep water off the east and west coasts of North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Antarctic Peninsula, and Southeast Asia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4450(2): 151-195., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4450.2.1 page(s): 171; note: to Pygospiopsis [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name refers to the close resemblance of the new genus to the genus Atherospio Mackie & Duff, 1986. It is formed by adding the prefix of Greek origin pseudo-, meaning 'false', to the generic name Atherospio. [details]
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