Myopedicellina Shaw, Proctor & Borisanova, 2024

Shaw, Scott R., Proctor, Heather C. & Borisanova, Anastasia O., 2024, Myopedicellina, a replacement name for Myosoma Robertson (Entoprocta: Pedicellinidae), Zootaxa 5555 (3), pp. 436-442 : 437-438

Genus Myopedicellina Shaw, Proctor & Borisanova, 2024 new replacement name for Myosoma Robertson, 1900

Etymology. We propose the replacement name Myopedicellina because the genus Myosoma Robertson is morphologically very similar to the genus Pedicellina Sars, 1835 , the type-genus of the family Pedicellinidae . The genera differ mainly in details of musculature, therefore the name Myopedicellina seems appropriate (“ myo ” means “muscle” in Latin).

We have registered this article and new name with ZooBank (https//zoobank.org/) with the registration number as follows: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B949929D-E7D4-4358-9114-CB448D999ED7 .

We intend to add this name change and synonymy to the WoRMS database (https://www.marinespecies.org/) once the paper is published and the name is available.