IRMNG name details
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]
Subfamily Choridactylinae [details]
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829. See Simopias Gill 1905. (Nomen. Zool.). Appeared first as "Les Pélors" in Cuvier (Apr.) 1829, not latinized ["Pel. obscurum in footnote not sufficient]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Pelor Bonelli 1813 in Coleoptera, replaced by Simopias Gill 1905. Spelled Pelors by Gray 1835 Pl. 90. (Eschmeyer). [details]
Type species as cited Pelor filamentosum Cuvier 1829 [details]
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