Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species

Brewer et al. (2011) recently demonstrated that the generic name Euzonus was being used in both Arthropoda (Diplopoda) and Polychaeta (Opheliidae) systematics and that the arthropod name was the senior synonym. The diplopod name Euzonus Menge, 1854, based on a single species, E. collulum Menge, 1854...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: BLAKE, JAMES A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2011
Subjects:
Annelida
Polychaeta
Opheliidae
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2807.1.5
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2807.1.5
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Summary:Brewer et al. (2011) recently demonstrated that the generic name Euzonus was being used in both Arthropoda (Diplopoda) and Polychaeta (Opheliidae) systematics and that the arthropod name was the senior synonym. The diplopod name Euzonus Menge, 1854, based on a single species, E. collulum Menge, 1854 from Baltic amber predates Euzonus Grube, 1866, established for E. arcticus Grube, 1866 from the Arctic Ocean. The Nomenclator Zoologicus (2005) verifies that both names are listed as uncorrected homonyms.

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