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Polyodontidae Augener, 1918
155188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155188)
unaccepted (junior homonym)
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 119; note: Polyodontidae used without explanation when reporting a Polyodontes and a Eupanthalis species [details]
page(s): 119; note: Polyodontidae used without explanation when reporting a Polyodontes and a Eupanthalis species [details]
Homonymy Polyodontidae was in widespread use (eg Hartman catalogue) until Pettibone (1989) determined that "Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856,...
Homonymy Polyodontidae was in widespread use (eg Hartman catalogue) until Pettibone (1989) determined that "Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856, based on Acoetes Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1832, has priority and is not preoccupied, whereas Polyodontidae Augener, 1918, based on Polyodontes Renieri in Blainville, 1828, is preoccupied in Fishes by Polyodontidae Bonaparte, 1837, based on Polydon Schneider, 1801." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polyodontidae Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155188 on 2024-09-25
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Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 119; note: Polyodontidae used without explanation when reporting a Polyodontes and a Eupanthalis species [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. 1989. Revision of the aphroditoid polychaetes of the family Acoetidae Kinberg (=Polyodontidae Augener) and reestablishment of Acoetes Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1832, and Euarche Ehlers,1887. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 464: 1-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.464
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 119; note: Polyodontidae used without explanation when reporting a Polyodontes and a Eupanthalis species [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. 1989. Revision of the aphroditoid polychaetes of the family Acoetidae Kinberg (=Polyodontidae Augener) and reestablishment of Acoetes Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1832, and Euarche Ehlers,1887. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 464: 1-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.464
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Polyodontidae was in widespread use (eg Hartman catalogue) until Pettibone (1989) determined that "Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856, based on Acoetes Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1832, has priority and is not preoccupied, whereas Polyodontidae Augener, 1918, based on Polyodontes Renieri in Blainville, 1828, is preoccupied in Fishes by Polyodontidae Bonaparte, 1837, based on Polydon Schneider, 1801." [details]