WoRMS name details
Terebella ornata Leidy, 1855
340288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340288)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 146, plate XI figs. 44-45 [details]
page(s): 146, plate XI figs. 44-45 [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Rhode Island
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Rhode Island [details]
Status Moved to Amphitrite in the past, but the original description makes it dubiously a member of the that genus according to...
Status Moved to Amphitrite in the past, but the original description makes it dubiously a member of the that genus according to Nogueira (2008) and Jirkov (2020: 352) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Terebella ornata Leidy, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340288 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 146, plate XI figs. 44-45 [details]
page(s): 146, plate XI figs. 44-45 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 526; note: checklist placement as recombined as Amphitrite ornata [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 526; note: checklist placement as recombined as Amphitrite ornata [details] Available for editors

Other
additional 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): 368 [details]
page(s): 368 [details]




