WoRMS taxon details
original description
Støp-Bowitz, C. (1991). Some new or rare species of pelagic polychaetes from the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Ophelia Supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 261-270. page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1992). Polychètes pélagiques des campagnes de ''L'Ombango'' dans les eaux équatoriales et tropicales Ouest-Africanes. <em>Editions de l'ORSTOM. Collection Études et Thèses.</em> 1-117 pp., available online at http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:35843 page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis "Prostomium not protruding beyond eyes; 5 antennae, the median one reduced to a crest; 2 globular eyes. Proboscis short, cylindrical, with 2 cirriform lateral papillae. Three pairs of tentacular cirri. No rudimentary parapodia. Parapodia without terminal appendage, with projecting acicula. Dorsal cirri reniform, ventral cirri lanceolate. Segmental glands small, setae capillary, simple." (Støp-Bowitz, 1991: 266). [details]
Etymology The name Pseudalciopa is composed by the Greek prefix pseud(o), meaning 'false' or 'spurious', and the generic name Alciopa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. [details]
Grammatical gender Pseudalciopa is stated to be feminine [details]
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