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Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972

325025  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325025)

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Genus
Sphaerephesia similisetis Fauchald, 1972 (type by original designation)

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Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 97 [details] 
Note Sphaerephesia longisetis has page precedence...  
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Type species Sphaerephesia longisetis has page precedence but Fauchald named the second species in his monograph, Sphaerephesia similisetis as the type species of the genus [details]
Etymology Not stated. Ephesia is a feminine genus name from Greek to which Fauchald has added Greek 'sphaero', meaning ball.  
Etymology Not stated. Ephesia is a feminine genus name from Greek to which Fauchald has added Greek 'sphaero', meaning ball. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325025 on 2024-11-20
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2011-06-21 21:09:58Z
changed
2018-12-19 03:37:51Z
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original description Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 97 [details] 

identification resource Alalykina, Inna L. (2015). Polychaete composition from the abyssal plain adjacent to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench with the description of a new species of Sphaerephesia (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae). <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 111: 166-174., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064514002598
page(s): 169; note: key to species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Ephesia is a feminine genus name from Greek to which Fauchald has added Greek 'sphaero', meaning ball. [details]

Grammatical gender feminine, stemming from Ephesia, which is feminine. [details]

Type species Sphaerephesia longisetis has page precedence but Fauchald named the second species in his monograph, Sphaerephesia similisetis as the type species of the genus [details]
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