The identity of Paradiopatra bihanica (Annelida: Onuphidae) and reinstatement of P. calliopae

Examination of the holotype of Paradiopatra bihanica (Intes & LeLoeuff, 1975) indicated that the identity of this species had been incorrectly represented in recent papers and that the ensuing synonymisation of P. calliopae Arvanitidis & Koukouras, 1997 was unwarranted. This led us to resear...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: PAXTON, HANNELORE, ARIAS, ANDRÉS
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2016
Subjects:
Annelida
Onuphidae
Martínez
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4132.2.10
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4132.2.10
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Summary:Examination of the holotype of Paradiopatra bihanica (Intes & LeLoeuff, 1975) indicated that the identity of this species had been incorrectly represented in recent papers and that the ensuing synonymisation of P. calliopae Arvanitidis & Koukouras, 1997 was unwarranted. This led us to researching the history of the holotype and its representation in the literature to reinstate P. calliopae as the correct name for this very common Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic species (Martínez & Adarraga 2001; Arias & Paxton 2015; Santelli et al. 2015).

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