WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Sundkvist, T.; Nygren, A. 2012. A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 471-494 page(s): 476 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource
Rizzo, A. E.; Salazar-vallejo, S. I. (2014). Hesionidae Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from South-Southeastern Brazil, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa. 3856(2): 267-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.7 page(s): 277 [key to genus Neogyptis] [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Terminal ring of proboscis papillae present, lip pads usually absent (present in Neogyptis hongkongensis ), neurochaetae usually from segment 5 (from segment 4 in Neogyptis hinehina ), notochaetae usually from segment 6 (from segment 5 in Neogyptis crypta), transverse dorsal ridges absent or present. [details]
Etymology ‘neo’ is Latin for new, ‘Gyptis’ is the genus to which several of the Neogyptis members were previously allocated. Gender feminine. Gyptis is a feminine personal name. [details]
Grammatical gender feminine [details]
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