About | Search taxa | Taxon tree | Search literature | Specimens | Distribution | Checklist | Stats | Log in

Polychaeta taxon details

Contramyzostoma Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1995

325746  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325746)

accepted
Genus

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Eeckhaut, Igor; Jangoux, Michel. (1995). <i>Contramyzostoma bialatum</i> (Annelida: Myzostomida), a new genus and species of parasitic myzostome infesting comatulid crinoids. <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 43(2): 343-353., available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/43rbz343-353.pdf
page(s): 344; note: Pulau Satumu, Singapore [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Etymology Authors: Contramyzostoma "is a combination of the Latin Contra, opposite, referring to the unusual upside down external...  
Etymology Authors: Contramyzostoma "is a combination of the Latin Contra, opposite, referring to the unusual upside down external morphology, and of Myzostoma, a genus of Myzostomida. Gender is neuter."  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Contramyzostoma Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1995. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325746 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
2008-03-14 12:50:56Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2015-07-17 09:47:47Z
changed
2024-03-26 02:24:50Z
changed

original description Eeckhaut, Igor; Jangoux, Michel. (1995). <i>Contramyzostoma bialatum</i> (Annelida: Myzostomida), a new genus and species of parasitic myzostome infesting comatulid crinoids. <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 43(2): 343-353., available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/43rbz343-353.pdf
page(s): 344; note: Pulau Satumu, Singapore [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: Contramyzostoma "is a combination of the Latin Contra, opposite, referring to the unusual upside down external morphology, and of Myzostoma, a genus of Myzostomida. Gender is neuter."  [details]