Pherecardites Horst, 1912

Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Piotrowski, Christina N., Gustav, Leslie Harris & Paulay, Gustav, 2025, Revision of Pherecardia Horst 1886 (Annelida Amphinomidae), Zoosystema 47 (28), pp. 691-720 : 714

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https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a28

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17558126

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scientific name

Pherecardites Horst, 1912
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Pherecardites Horst, 1912 View in CoL

Pherecardites Horst, 1912: 33 View in CoL . — Bleeker et al. 2023: 437 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE SPECIES. — Pherecardites parva Horst, 1912 , by monotypy.

REMARKS

As indicated elsewhere ( Bleeker et al. 2023: 438, key), Pherecardites Horst, 1912 resembles Eurythoe Kinberg, 1857 by having branchiae from chaetiger 1. These genera differ in that in Pherecardites the caruncle has a median ridge with up to four digitate lobes and spurred neurochaetae with denticles along the inner side, whereas Eurythoe has a caruncle with a median ridge concealing lateral plates but without lateral digitate lobes, and its spurred neurochaetae lack denticles. Horst (1912: 33) regarded Pherecardites as “intermediate between Hermodice and Pherecardia , its ventral bristles resembling those of Hermodice , the dorsal ones those of Pherecardia .”; however, the caruncle of the members of these two genera differ. In Pherecardites the lateral lobes are digitate and smooth, whereas in Pherecardia the lateral lobes are foliose and pinnate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Amphinomida

Family

Amphinomidae

Loc

Pherecardites Horst, 1912

Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Piotrowski, Christina N., Gustav, Leslie Harris & Paulay, Gustav 2025
2025
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