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Acromegalomma interruptum

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Acromegalomma interruptum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Sabellida
Family: Sabellidae
Genus: Acromegalomma
Species:
A. interruptum
Binomial name
Acromegalomma interruptum
(Capa & Murray, 2009)[1]

Acromegalomma interruptum is a bristle worm from the Sabellidae family.[2] The body of the worm consists of a head, a cylindrical, segmented body and a tailpiece. The head consists of a prostomium (part for the mouth opening) and a peristomium (part around the mouth) and carries paired appendages (palps, antennae and cirri).

Etymology and genus name

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The name A. interruptum refers to the interrupted arrangement of the eyes on the radioles.[1] Acromegalomma interruptum was originally called Megalomma interrupta, however Megalomma is already the name of a genus of beetles, which was described before. Therefore the genus in the family Sabellidae was renamed to Acromegalomma.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Capa, María; Murray, Anna (25 November 2009). "Review of the genus Megalomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Australia with description of three new species, new records and notes on certain features with phylogenetic implications". Records of the Australian Museum. 61 (2): 201–224. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1529.
  2. ^ Read, G. (2018). Acromegalomma interruptum Capa & Murray, 2009. In: Read, G., Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2018). World Polychaeta database.
  3. ^ Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh (29 May 2017). "Nomenclatural checklist for Acromegalomma species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a nomen novum replacement for the junior homonym Megalomma Johansson, 1926". ZooKeys (677): 131–150. Bibcode:2017ZooK..677..131G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.677.12030. PMC 5538001. PMID 28769691.