WoRMS name details
Maeadae Johnston, 1865
1061051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061051)
unaccepted (proposed, available, but never adopted)
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 278; note: proposed as family "? Maeadae" for Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 (now Magelona mirabilis) [details]
page(s): 278; note: proposed as family "? Maeadae" for Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 (now Magelona mirabilis) [details]
Taxonomy Other than in listings there appear to be no real subsequent usages as a family name of 'Maeadae', which was Johnston's...
Taxonomy Other than in listings there appear to be no real subsequent usages as a family name of 'Maeadae', which was Johnston's tentative name for the family for Maea mirabilis. McIntosh (1878: 462), writing in German on Magelona morphology, mentions the name in passing as used by Johnston, but without endorsement [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Maeadae Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061051 on 2024-04-25
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Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 278; note: proposed as family "? Maeadae" for Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 (now Magelona mirabilis) [details]
page(s): 278; note: proposed as family "? Maeadae" for Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 (now Magelona mirabilis) [details]
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Taxonomy Other than in listings there appear to be no real subsequent usages as a family name of 'Maeadae', which was Johnston's tentative name for the family for Maea mirabilis. McIntosh (1878: 462), writing in German on Magelona morphology, mentions the name in passing as used by Johnston, but without endorsement [details]
