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Neanthes lighti Hartman, 1938

329459  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329459)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Nereididae (Family)
  9. Nereidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Neanthes (Genus)
  11. Neanthes lighti (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1938). Brackish and fresh-water Nereidae from the northeast Pacific, with the description of a new species from central California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 43(4): 79-82.
page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 20537, geounit California  
Holotype USNM 20537, geounit California [details]
, Note Tomales Creek, Marin County, California, USA...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Tomales Creek, Marin County, California, USA (gazetteer estimate 38.2436°, -122.9035°) [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 20537) and 8 paratypes (USNM 20536) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM). [details]
Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height.  
Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height. [details]

Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools...  
Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools along Russian River, near Healdsburg (Sonoma County). [details]

Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original...  
Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original discoveries" (Hartman, 1938: 79-80).
 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Neanthes lighti Hartman, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329459 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2019-04-02 21:24:11Z
changed
Gil, João

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original description Hartman, Olga. (1938). Brackish and fresh-water Nereidae from the northeast Pacific, with the description of a new species from central California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 43(4): 79-82.
page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy Smith, Ralph I. (1959). The synonymy of the viviparous polychaete <i>Neanthes lighti</i> Hartman (1938) with <i>Nereis limnicola</i> Johnson (1903). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 13(4): 349-350., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8093
page(s): 349-350; note: with Nereis limnicola Johnston, 1903 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype USNM 20537, geounit California [details]
Paratype USNM 20536, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height. [details]

Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools along Russian River, near Healdsburg (Sonoma County). [details]

Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original discoveries" (Hartman, 1938: 79-80).
 [details]

Habitat Sandy mud banks of tidal streams, a few miles inland from their mouths, and in small fresh-water pools along river banks.  [details]

Type locality Tomales Creek, Marin County, California, USA (gazetteer estimate 38.2436°, -122.9035°) [details]

Type material Holotype (USNM 20537) and 8 paratypes (USNM 20536) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM). [details]

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