WoRMS taxon details
Barantolla Southern, 1921
254302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254302)
accepted
Genus
Barantolla sculpta Southern, 1921 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332
page(s): 642-643 [details]
page(s): 642-643 [details]
Note Barantolla sculpta Southern, 1921.
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Type species Barantolla sculpta Southern, 1921. [details]
Etymology Not stated. Genus evidently named from Barantolla near Calcutta, India, the type locality of the type species of the genus,...
Etymology Not stated. Genus evidently named from Barantolla near Calcutta, India, the type locality of the type species of the genus, Barantolla sculpta Southern, 1921. The species was found in brackish pools of lowered salinity near the salt lake at Barantolla. As Southern used a feminine suffix for his species name he regarded the genus as feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Barantolla Southern, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254302 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
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Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332
page(s): 642-643 [details]
page(s): 642-643 [details]
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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.
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Diagnosis Prostomium oval to conical, with terminal palpode; eyes present or absent. Thorax with achaetous peristomium, 11 setigers; neurosetae present or absent on setiger 1. Notosetae of setigers 2-6 with capillaries only; setiger 7 with mixed fascicles or with hooks only. Neuropodia with capillaries only through setigers 6-8, rest with hooks only. Branchiae present or absent, when present with 3 or more lobes. Pygidium without appendages. [details]Etymology Not stated. Genus evidently named from Barantolla near Calcutta, India, the type locality of the type species of the genus, Barantolla sculpta Southern, 1921. The species was found in brackish pools of lowered salinity near the salt lake at Barantolla. As Southern used a feminine suffix for his species name he regarded the genus as feminine. [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine. Named from a placename of unknown grammatical gender, but as Southern used a feminine suffix for his species name he regarded the genus as feminine. [details]
Type species Barantolla sculpta Southern, 1921. [details]
