Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Polloni, Pamela T.; Rowe, Gilbert T.; Teal, John M. (1973). <i>Biremis blandi</i> (Polychaeta: Terebellidae), new genus, new species, caught by D.S.R.V. "Alvin" in the Tongue of the Ocean, New Providence, Bahamas. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 20(2): 170-175., available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00351456 page(s): 170, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Polloni et al. (1973: 170): "Tentacular lobe enlarged, bearing numerous, long, grooved tentacles in marginal groove; eyes absent; branchiae absent; two longitudinal muscular ventral ridges separated by midventral groove; thoracic segments achaetous; abdominal segments with bilobed uncinigerous pinnules bearing avicular uncini supported by long bristles; ventral glandular scutes indistinct." [details]
Diagnosis Londoño-Mesa (2009) "Tentacular membrane enlarged; eyespots absent; ventral shields absent, but two longitudinal muscular ventral ridges separated by midventral groove; thoracic and abdominal notopodia and thoracic neuropodia absent; abdominal neuropodia bilobed; uncini avicular, in single rows." [details]
Etymology "Biremis (Latin: a ship with two banks of oars) recognizes the swimming capability of the terebellid, with its segmental pairs of bilobed uncinigerous pinnules." [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine. Authors state Biremis genus is feminine. This is in accord with the etymology as the noun biremis, refers to a small vessel with two oars. As an adjective biremis -e would indicate a vessel with two banks of oars [details]
Homonymy Hemihomonym (name used in two Code jurisdictions). There is also a genus of diatoms named Biremis Mann & Cox, 1990 according to Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990) (in WoRMS see http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450604. The diatoms Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. As diatoms are regulated under a different botanical Code both genera remain valid. [details]
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