Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280 page(s): 551-552 [details]
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. page(s): 520; note: lists Pseudothelepus nyanganus and P. oligocirrus, with P. oligocirrus listed as type species (the correct type species is P. nyanganus by monotypy) [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Garraffoni, A. R. S.; Lana, P. C. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships within the Terebellidae (Polychaeta : Terebellida) based on morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics 22(6): 605-626 page(s): 605; note: authors state Day (1967) synonymised Pseudothelepus Augener with Streblosoma, but this is not correct [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Augener (1918: 551-552): "Terebellide von Thelepus- bzw. Grymaea-artigem Habitus und mit Thelepus-artigen Haken ohne Fortsatz vorn am unteren Ende 3 Paar Thelepus-artige Kiemen vom 2. Segment an, Haarborsten vom 2. Segment, Haken vom 5. Segment (4. Borstensegment) an vorhanden. Haarborstenzone von verschiedener Ausdehnung, bei dieser Art beschränkt auf eine vordere Körperstrecke." [details]
Etymology Not stated. The name of the genus is composed by the Greek prefix pseudo-, meaning 'false', followed by the name of the genus Thelepus Leuckart, 1849, and refers probably to the resemblance between the two genera. [details]
Synonymy Authors Garraffoni & Lana (2008:605) stated Day (1967) synonymised Pseudothelepus Augener with Streblosoma, but this is not correct. They may to be misinterpreting a species identification correction by Day (1967 p.772). Day does not include Pseudothelepus as a synonym of Streblosoma. However, dos Santos et al (2010: 7), in discussion of Streblosoma patriciae, placed Pseudothelepus nyanganus in Streblosoma as S. nyanganus [details]
Type species The type species is Pseudothelepus nyanganus Augener, 1918, by monotypy. Hartman catalogue (1959: 520) incorrectly lists Sabellides oligocirra Schmarda (as Pseudothelepus oligocirrus) as type species [details]
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