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McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1875). On a new example of the Opheliidae (Linotrypane apogon) from Shetland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 8(89): 386-390.
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McIntosh, William Carmichael
1875
On a new example of the Opheliidae (<i>Linotrypane apogon</i>) from Shetland.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
8(89): 386-390
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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This peculiar iridescent pinkish annelid was dredged in 1871 in Bressay Sound, in four or five fathoms, on a bottom of coarse sand and gravel, which abounded with finely-branched Melobesia calcarea, Ell. and Soland.
British Islands
North Atlantic
North Sea (and Channel)
Systematics, Taxonomy
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 Etymology

Lino is Greek for thread, and trypane is Greek for borer, so "thread-like borer". McIntosh gives the Greek words ... [details]

 Nomenclature

In his article McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote on etymology), ... [details]