WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1983). A new scale worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift-area off western Mexico at 21N. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 96(3): 392-399., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593483 page(s): 392-393 [details]
taxonomy source
Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329 page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532 page(s): 44-46 [details]
identification resource
Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Derived from Greek 'lepidos' scale, 'notos' back, 'podos' foot, to indicated presence of bracts on the notopodia. Gender masculine [fide author] [details]
Grammatical gender masculine [fide author] [details]
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