Nomenclatural checklist for Acromegalomma species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a nomen novum replacement for the junior homonym Megalomma Johansson, 1926.

João Gil,Eijiroh Nishi

doi:10.3897/zookeys.677.12030

Abstract

Acromegalomma, nomen novum, is introduced as a replacement name for the polychaete genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 (Annelida, Sabellidae), preoccupied by Megalomma Westwood, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). The historical background of the homonymy and a full list with 36 new combinations in the new genus are included, while two species are considered as species inquirenda.

Highlights

The genus Megalomma (Annelida, Sabellidae) was established by Johansson (1926) for the usage of Branchiomma sensu Claparède (1869), based on the species Branchiomma koellikeri Claparède, 1869
To establish the list of new combinations in Acromegalomma new name a list of valid Megalomma species was compiled based on WoRMS (Bellan 2008), and updated with Tovar-Hernández and Carrera-Parra (2011), Mikac et al (2013), Capa and Murray (2015) and Giangrande et al (2015)
Synonymies were obtained from Tovar-Hernández and Carrera-Parra (2011)

Summary

Introduction

The genus Megalomma (Annelida, Sabellidae) was established by Johansson (1926) for the usage of Branchiomma sensu Claparède (1869), based on the species Branchiomma koellikeri Claparède, 1869. 10): Megalomma new genus (Annelida, Sabellidae), to include Branchiomma sensu Claparède, 1869 (not Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858). Acromegalomma new name (Annelida, Sabellidae), replacement name for Megalomma Johansson, 1926. To establish the list of new combinations in Acromegalomma new name a list of valid Megalomma species was compiled based on WoRMS (Bellan 2008), and updated with Tovar-Hernández and Carrera-Parra (2011), Mikac et al (2013), Capa and Murray (2015) and Giangrande et al (2015).

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