WoRMS name details
Capitellethus zeylanicus (Willey, 1905)
413980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413980)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent only
(of Notomastus zeylanicus Willey, 1905) Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 287-288, plate V figs. 118-119 [details]
page(s): 287-288, plate V figs. 118-119 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Capitellethus zeylanicus (Willey, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413980 on 2024-04-16
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original description
(of Notomastus zeylanicus Willey, 1905) Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 287-288, plate V figs. 118-119 [details]
basis of record Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
note: unexplained recombination as checklist listing only [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 287-288, plate V figs. 118-119 [details]
basis of record Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
note: unexplained recombination as checklist listing only [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment unexplained recombination as checklist listing only. There appears to be no usage elsewhere, and the original taxon probably does not occur in New Zealand although reported by Augener (1926) who synonymised the New Zealand Capitellethus dispar with the Indian Notomastus zeylanicus. Noting also that the zeylanicus name is a reference to Sri Lanka (Ceylon), not New Zealand. The name similarity seems to be just a coincidence but might have misled later workers to think the species had New Zealand connections. [details]
