WoRMS taxon details
Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997
393677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393677)
accepted
Genus
Psammolyce articulata Day, 1960 accepted as Heteropelogenia articulata (Day, 1960) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
Etymology Heteropelogenia is named for 'hetero' (different), plus Pelogenia, indicating some differences from Pelogenia. Gender feminine.
Etymology Heteropelogenia is named for 'hetero' (different), plus Pelogenia, indicating some differences from Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393677 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
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): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Pelogeniinae with dorsal cirri on segment HI, with styles about as long as cirrophores. Neuropodia of segment II without long terminal appendages. Neuropodia of segment III with digitiform presetal extensions. Compound falcigerous neurosetae with blades long and short, mostly with bifid tips. Prostomium with bulbous ctenidia. Upper lip with facial tubercle. Elytral and neuropodial filiform papillae articulated. (Pettibone, 1997) [details]Etymology Heteropelogenia is named for 'hetero' (different), plus Pelogenia, indicating some differences from Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]
