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West of Tortuga Island, Venezuela, Barbados the scale worm Parahololepidella nuttingi could be detected on black corals.
The worm occurs as commensal on various corals, for example on the black coral Tanacetipathes tanacetum (Pourtalès, 1880), in the first description still named as Antipathes tanacetum Pourtalès, 1880, see first description from page 716.
Etymology.
The species name "nuttingi" honors the American curator Professor Charles Cleveland Nutting, leader of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition of 1918.
Professor Nutting was a specialist in hydroid polyps and black corals.
Similar species: Parahololepidella greeffi (Augener, 1918)
Synonym: Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi Pettibone, 1991
Scientific source:
Gonzalez BC, Conde-Vela VM, Osborn KJ (2023)
Synonymization of two, monotypic black-coral-commensal scale worm genera, Antipathipolyeunoa Pettibone, 1991 and Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969 (Polynoidae, Aphroditiformia).
ZooKeys 1178: 61–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.106101
Copyright: © Brett C. Gonzalez et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication
The worm occurs as commensal on various corals, for example on the black coral Tanacetipathes tanacetum (Pourtalès, 1880), in the first description still named as Antipathes tanacetum Pourtalès, 1880, see first description from page 716.
Etymology.
The species name "nuttingi" honors the American curator Professor Charles Cleveland Nutting, leader of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition of 1918.
Professor Nutting was a specialist in hydroid polyps and black corals.
Similar species: Parahololepidella greeffi (Augener, 1918)
Synonym: Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi Pettibone, 1991
Scientific source:
Gonzalez BC, Conde-Vela VM, Osborn KJ (2023)
Synonymization of two, monotypic black-coral-commensal scale worm genera, Antipathipolyeunoa Pettibone, 1991 and Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969 (Polynoidae, Aphroditiformia).
ZooKeys 1178: 61–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.106101
Copyright: © Brett C. Gonzalez et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication
