original description
Jumars, Peter A. 1974. A generic revision of the Dorvilleidae (Polychaeta), with six new species from the deep Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 54(2): 101-135., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/54/2/101/2670926 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Classification Schistomeringos has been treated as a Dorvillea subgenus by some experts. It is maintained separately here, pending further determination on whether the group of species with always furcate chaetae in every parapodium of adults is not a natural one, in which case it would preferably be just a synonym of Dorvillea. Wolf (1986) suggested certain morphology of the inferior basal maxilla plate as possibly another common feature. Related genera Ougia and Parougia lack inferior basal maxilla plates. [details]
Etymology Schistomeringos, Greek for split bristle, refers to the characteristic furcate chaetae, and is feminine in gender. [details]
Nomenclature Jumars (1974:103) proposed Schistomeringos as a 'nom. nov.' rather than the new genus it is. It appears he did this because Verrill (1900) had wrongly stated Nereis rudolphi delle Chiaje was type genus for Verrill's replacement name Stauronereis for Staurocephalus [=Dorvillea]. However, Stauronereis is an available name only for the concept that was Staurocephalus. When Jumars effectively decided to split off a group of dorvilleids from Dorvillea at genus level, he simply had used Schistomeringos as a new genus name for them. [details]