WoRMS name details
Porcia Grube, 1859
324784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324784)
uncertain > nomen dubium (indeterminable?)
Genus
Porcia maderensis Grube, 1859 (type by monotypy)
- Species Porcia maderensis Grube, 1859 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A.E. 1858 (pub. 1859). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere Indiam Occidentalem et Americam Centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Oersted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kroyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis, [part 3], 105-120. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 3: 105-120., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800298
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
Etymology Not stated, unknown. Porcia could be a reference to Porcia Catonis, wife of the Roman statesman Brutus and from whom...
Taxonomy Hartman (1957:251) places as indeterminable, fide Eisig, 1914:280.
Etymology Not stated, unknown. Porcia could be a reference to Porcia Catonis, wife of the Roman statesman Brutus and from whom William Shakespeare drew the character Portia of his play 'The Merchant of Venice'. [details]
Taxonomy Hartman (1957:251) places as indeterminable, fide Eisig, 1914:280.
Taxonomy Hartman (1957:251) places as indeterminable, fide Eisig, 1914:280. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Porcia Grube, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324784 on 2024-04-19
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Grube, A.E. 1858 (pub. 1859). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere Indiam Occidentalem et Americam Centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Oersted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kroyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis, [part 3], 105-120. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 3: 105-120., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800298
page(s): 105 [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 251; note: considers Porcia as indeterminable [details]
status source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 288-289; note: includes Porcia in the Orbiniidae [details]
status source Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118
page(s): 266; note: states that Porcia is not an Orbiniidae [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 251; note: considers Porcia as indeterminable [details]
status source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 288-289; note: includes Porcia in the Orbiniidae [details]
status source Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118
page(s): 266; note: states that Porcia is not an Orbiniidae [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Grube (1859: 105): ''Corpus vermiforme, subquadrangulum. Lobus capitalis minus prominens, segmento buccali penitus impressus. Segmentum buccale et proxima 3 caruncula munita, cirri tentaculares nulli. Fasciculi setarum utrinque distichi: superiores cirro parvo muniti, inferiores cirro nullo, segmentorum anteriorum unum a ceteris differens, pectine setarum utrinque 1 armatum, cirro nullo: setae simplices, segmenti illius a ceteris diversae. Branchiae cirriformes, in segmentis anterioribus desideratae.'' [details]Editor's comment The genus Porcia was erected by Grube (1859: 105) to include the new species Porcia maderensis Grube, 1859. Grube placed the new genus in the family Ariciaea (= Orbiniidae), but Eisig (1914: 266; not page '280', as cited in Hartman, 1957) stated later that it did not belong to this family (“Porcia nichts mit Ariciiden zu tun hat”). Based on this statement Hartman (1957: 214, 251; 1959: 368) considered Porcia maderensis to be indeterminable, both generically and specifically. Still, the description of the genus and species clearly shows that the taxa belong to the family Spionidae, with Porcia maderensis representing a blind polydorid with modified chaetae in chaetiger 5, and branchiae starting on segment 9. A more precise identification might be possible, but it is not intended here. [details]
Etymology Not stated, unknown. Porcia could be a reference to Porcia Catonis, wife of the Roman statesman Brutus and from whom William Shakespeare drew the character Portia of his play 'The Merchant of Venice'. [details]
Taxonomy Hartman (1957:251) places as indeterminable, fide Eisig, 1914:280. [details]
