Correction: A Rhabdocoel Turbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida) in Baltic Amberwith a Review of Fossil and Sub-Fossil PlatyhelminthsSource: Invertebrate Biology, Vol. 123, No. 2 (Spring, 2004), p. 181Published by: Wiley on behalf of American Microscopical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3227275 .

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Correction of a proposed generic name for a fossil turbellarian

George 0. Poinar, Jr.a

Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

It was discovered that the generic name Palaeoso- ma, proposed recently for a fossil turbellarian (Poinar 2003), was preoccupied by a genus of fossil millipedes (Jackson & Brade-Birks 1919) and is therefore un- available. I here propose a replacement genus name, Micropalaeosoma, for the fossil turbellarian. "Micro" is from the Greek micros, meaning small; "palaeo" is from the Greek palaios, meaning old; and soma is Greek, meaning body. The gender is neuter. The full

aE-mail: poinarg @casco.net

name of the turbellarian species originally described as Palaeosoma balticus Poinar 2003 therefore be- comes Micropalaeosoma balticus (Poinar 2003).

References Jackson JW & Brade-Birks H 1919. Notes on Myriopoda.

XIX. A revision of some fossil material from Sparth Bot- toms, Lancs. Geol. Mag. 6: 406-411.

Poinar GO Jr. 2003. A rhabdocoel turbellarian (Platyhelmin- thes, Typhloplanoida) in Baltic amber with a review of fossil and sub-fossil platyhelminths. Invertebr. Biol. 122: 308-312.

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