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Acromegalomma interruptum
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<h2 id="etymology-and-genus-name">Etymology and genus name</h2> <p>The name <i>A. interruptum</i> refers to the interrupted arrangement of the eyes on the <a href="/facts/Radiole/sRFWeaIl">radioles</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> <i>Acromegalomma interruptum</i> was originally called <i>Megalomma interrupta</i>, however <i><a href="/facts/Megalomma/AKTkLtNq">Megalomma</a></i> is already the name of a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Beetle/hv33fxsL">beetles</a>, which was described before. Therefore the genus in the family <a href="/facts/Sabellidae/FArH0Kdl">Sabellidae</a> was renamed to <i>Acromegalomma</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Read, G. (2018). Acromegalomma interruptum Capa & Murray, 2009. In: Read, G., Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2018). World Polychaeta database. <a href="http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994101" target="_blank">http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994101</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3853%2Fj.0067-1975.61.2009.1529" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3853%2Fj.0067-1975.61.2009.1529</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>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. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538001" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538001</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>