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WoRMS taxon detailsSigatargis Misra, 1999
326026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326026)
accepted
Genus
Sigatargis commensalis Misra, 1999 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
Misra, A. (1999). Polychaete [Fauna of West Bengal]. <em>[book chapter].</em> pp. 125-225. In: Gosh, A.K. (ed.). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Series 3. State Fauna Series, Fauna of West Bengal, part 10, Invertebrates., available online at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/php/sfs_books_list.php
page(s): 142-143 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Etymology The name of the genus Sigatargis is coined from the generic names Sigambra Müller, 1858, and Ancistargis Jones, 1961, for...
Etymology The name of the genus Sigatargis is coined from the generic names Sigambra Müller, 1858, and Ancistargis Jones, 1961, for its intermediate position between the two genera. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigatargis Misra, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326026 on 2025-05-09
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Misra, A. (1999). Polychaete [Fauna of West Bengal]. <em>[book chapter].</em> pp. 125-225. In: Gosh, A.K. (ed.). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Series 3. State Fauna Series, Fauna of West Bengal, part 10, Invertebrates., available online at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/php/sfs_books_list.php
page(s): 142-143 [details] Available for editors [request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Misra (1999: 142-143): ''Body long, flattened with parapodia deeply incised. Prostomium with 2 biarticulate palps and 2 antennae subequal to palps. Tentacular segment achaetous, indistinctly separated from prostomium, with 2 pairs of tentacular cirri - anteroventral pair shorter, subequal to antennae and posterodorsal pair slightly longer. First setiger distinct from peristomium. Dorsal cirri short and subequal to ventral cirri, but those of the first setiger longer than subsequent ones. Notosetae stout emergent hooks; neurosetae simple, of variable length, with capillary tips. Pygidium rounded with a pair of short anal cirri. Pharynx unarmed, cylindrical, with distal circlet of conical papillae. Epidermis smooth.'' [details]Etymology The name of the genus Sigatargis is coined from the generic names Sigambra Müller, 1858, and Ancistargis Jones, 1961, for its intermediate position between the two genera. [details] Grammatical gender Feminine. [details] |
