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WoRMS taxon detailsIkosipodus Westheide, 1982
240987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240987)
accepted
Genus
Ikosipodus carolensis Westheide, 1982 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
masculine
Westheide, Wilfried. (1982). Ikosipodus carolensis gen. et sp. n., an interstitial neotenic polychaete from North Carolina, U.S.A., and its phylogenetic relationships within Dorvilleidae. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11(2): 117-126., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00524.x
page(s): 123, figures 1-4; note: Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina [details] Available for editors  [request]
Etymology Not stated. However, 'eikosi' in Greek is twenty, and podos is foot, which combination relates to the 10 chaetigers and...
Etymology Not stated. However, 'eikosi' in Greek is twenty, and podos is foot, which combination relates to the 10 chaetigers and thus 20 parapodia of adults. Masculine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ikosipodus Westheide, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240987 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Westheide, Wilfried. (1982). Ikosipodus carolensis gen. et sp. n., an interstitial neotenic polychaete from North Carolina, U.S.A., and its phylogenetic relationships within Dorvilleidae. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11(2): 117-126., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00524.x page(s): 123, figures 1-4; note: Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina [details] Available for editors [request]Otheradditional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not stated. However, 'eikosi' in Greek is twenty, and podos is foot, which combination relates to the 10 chaetigers and thus 20 parapodia of adults. Masculine. [details]Grammatical gender Masculine. It appears that Westheide intended a masculine genus, in the use of 'podus' [details] |
