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Arthrolips convexiuscula
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Subspecies
Original
description
Synonyms
Clypeaster convexiusculus Motschulsky, 1849
Arthrolips convexiusculus
(Motschulsky,
1849)
Arthrolips
convexiuscula
(Motschulsky, 1849)
Arthrolips aequale Wollaston, 1857
Sacium densatum Reitter, 1877
Arthrolips
densatum (Reitter, 1877)
Clypeaster nitens
Rey, 1889
Arthrolips
nitens (Rey, 1889)
Arthrolips doderoi
Reitter, 1898
Sacium oblongum Matthews, 1899
Arthrolips
oblongum (Matthews, 1899)
Note:
the
gender
of the genus
name is unclear. The original author indicated neutral, or in later
publications, male gender. The reviser Bowestead (1999), however,
assumes female gender, because "[l]exicon evidence indicates that the
few Greek nouns with `ps´ ending are feminine". I find no support
for
Bowestead´s notion, because Greek words with the ending "-ips"
appear
to be mostly masculine. Thus, I would assume that Arthrolips is of male
gender. However, in order not to introduce further instability of the
spelling of the species epithet, I accept Bowestead´s (1999)
determination of Arthrolips as being of female gender.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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