Polychaeta name details
original description
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631 page(s): 391 [details]
basis of record
Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
source of synonymy
Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110 page(s): 144-145; note: with Polycirrus Grube, 1850 [details]
source of synonymy
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 92-350, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206 page(s): 166-167 + footnote on page 167; note: with Leucariste Malmgren, 1866 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Malmgren (1866: 391): "Corpus antice inflatum postice sensim attenuatum. Lobus cephalicus suborbiculatus flexuosus labium magnum fingens, cirris tentacularibus sat longis numerosissimis supra obsitus, infra laevis. Segmentum buccale subtus scuto late ovato versus orem inflexo sat magno. Branchiae nullae. Oculi nulli. Fasciculi setarum capillarium a segmento buccali incipientes in 13 segmentis obvii, uncinis et toris uncinigeris omnino destitutis. Setae capillares lineares apice attenuato paulo curvato haud limbatae. Pinnulae minutae uncinigerae a segmento quatuordecimo, h. e. primo pone segmentum ultimum setigerum, incipientes, usque ad extremum corporis obvii. Uncini minimi hamati uniseriales vertice conspicue unidentato. Scuta ventralia distincta per paria disposita, unum utrinque in ventre segmentorum c. 8—10 setigerorum." [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description, origin uncertain. Maybe derived from the Greek verb ereutho, meaning 'to make red', 'to stain with red', or 'to blush', making reference to one variation of the coloration of the species: "Color saepissime albicans, interdum subaurantiacus" (Malmgren, 1866: 391; translation by the editor: 'colour often whitish, sometimes orange'). [details]
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