WoRMS name details
Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833
338367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338367)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1833). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 6: 320-324, 497-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2357784
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Berwick Bay, Berwick upon Tweed, England
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Berwick Bay, Berwick upon Tweed, England [details]
Etymology Not stated, but probably 'boa' after the snake-like appearance. Latin boa is a type of large serpent mentioned in Pliny's...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Etymology Not stated, but probably 'boa' after the snake-like appearance. Latin boa is a type of large serpent mentioned in Pliny's "Natural History;" [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338367 on 2021-04-20
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original description
Johnston, G. (1833). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 6: 320-324, 497-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2357784
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949
page(s): 408; note: recombined to Sthenelais boa [details]
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949
page(s): 408; note: recombined to Sthenelais boa [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but probably 'boa' after the snake-like appearance. Latin boa is a type of large serpent mentioned in Pliny's "Natural History;" [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Type locality Berwick Bay, Berwick upon Tweed, England [details]
