WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Kolbasova, Glafira; Kosobokova, Ksenia; Neretina, Tatiana. (2020). Bathy- and mesopelagic annelida from the Arctic Ocean: Description of new, redescription of known and notes on some “cosmopolitan” species. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 165: 103327., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063720301151 page(s): 3-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Kolbasova et al. (2020: 3): Prostomium and peristomium fused; two antennae and two palps. Nine segments. Eyes absent, pharyngeal jaws present. Two pairs of tentacular cirri on one segment, chaetae and aciculae present on tentacular segment. Second segment without dorsal cirri. Parapodia uniramous, acicular; dorsal and ventral cirri shorter then parapodial lobes; all chaetae compound spinigers with smooth shafts and serrated blades. Pygidium with two rudimental appendages. [details]
Etymology "The generic name Bathypelagobia refers to the oceanic zone where the first representatives of the genus were found, and to the genus Pelagobia" (Kolbasova et al., 2020: 4). [details]
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