WoRMS taxon details
Protomyzostomidae Stummer-Traunfels, 1926
866870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:866870)
accepted
Family
- Genus Protomyzostomum Fedotov, 1912
- Genus Protomyszostomum [auct. misspelling of Protomyzostomum] accepted as Protomyzostomum Fedotov, 1912 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Misspelling by Bellan in the ERMS checklist)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stummer-Traunfels, Rudolf. (1926 [imprint 1923?]). Myzostomida. <em>p.132-210 in T. Krumbach ed., Handbuch der Zoologie.</em> vol. 3. gegründet von Willy Kükenthal: Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protomyzostomidae Stummer-Traunfels, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866870 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Stummer-Traunfels, Rudolf. (1926 [imprint 1923?]). Myzostomida. <em>p.132-210 in T. Krumbach ed., Handbuch der Zoologie.</em> vol. 3. gegründet von Willy Kükenthal: Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Wagin V.L., Nigmatullin Ch.M. (2007). Morphology, ecology, systematics, and phylogeny of the family Protomyzostomidae (Myzostomida): A review. (In Russian). <em>Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki.</em> 149(3): 49–59., available online at https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=11137620 [details] Available for editors 
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Spelling The alternate spelling Protomyzostomatidae is incorrect as -stomidae is the family name ending for genera ending in "stomum" (based on a Greek noun, but transliterated incorrectly into Latin with a change in ending. Art. 29.3.2) [details]
