Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969

Gonzalez, Brett C., Conde-Vela, Victor M. & Osborn, Karen J., 2023, Synonymization of two, monotypic black-coral-commensal scale worm genera, Antipathipolyeunoa Pettibone, 1991 and Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969 (Polynoidae, Aphroditiformia), ZooKeys 1178, pp. 61-68 : 61

Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969

Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969: 54 [type species: Hololepidella greeffi Augener, 1918, by original designation].- Britayev et al. 2014: 28 [diagnosis emended; type species redescribed using syntypes (ZHM 5692) and topotypes (NNMN 24481) due to the poor state of the original syntypes].

Antipathipolyeunoa Pettibone, 1991: 715 [type species: Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi Pettibone, 1991, by original designation].

Remarks.

The type specimens of Parahololepidella (ZHM 5692) were examined and illustrated by Pettibone for her 1969 revision of Hololepidella , and subsequently re-examined by Britayev et al. (2014) when they redescribed Parahololepidella greeffi (NNMN 24481 and MNCN 16.01/13708). Only original notes and illustrations by Pettibone were examined herein.

Parahololepidella now includes two species commensal with the antipatharian genus Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001. Both Parahololepidella species show cryptic coloration patterns and are found nestled along the stems of the coral branches.