World Polychaeta Database - Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997

Polychaeta taxon details

Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997

AphiaID

711075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711075)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Psammolyce gracilis Potts, 1910 accepted as Pottsipelogenia gracilis (Potts, 1910) (type by original designation)

Parent

Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919

Original name

Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997

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Species Pottsipelogenia fijiensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Pottsipelogenia gallardoi Pettibone, 1997
Species Pottsipelogenia gracilis (Potts, 1910)
Species Pottsipelogenia malayana (Horst, 1913)
Species Pottsipelogenia treadwelli Pettibone, 1997

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 71 [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Pottsipelogenia is named for Frank A. Potts, who described the type species, plus
Pelogenia. Gender feminine.

Etymology Pottsipelogenia is named for Frank A. Potts, who described the type species, plus
Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711075 on 2026-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2012-11-22 21:44:22Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2023-03-28 18:55:23Z

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Gil, João

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original description Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 71 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Pelogeniinae with dorsal cirri on segment III, with short cirrophores and very long styles. Neuropodia with segment II without long terminal appendages. Neurosetae compound falcigers, with blades all with bifid tips, stems mostly with spinous rows. Prostomium with small lateral ctenidia (except P. malayana). Upper lip with facial tubercle. Elytral and neuropodial filiform papillae not articulated (Pettibone, 1997). [details]

Etymology Pottsipelogenia is named for Frank A. Potts, who described the type species, plus
Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]

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