WoRMS name details

Polynoe maculosa Carrington, 1865

339821  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339821)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (indeterminable; insufficiently described)
Species
Polynoa maculosa Carrington, 1865 · unaccepted (genus spelling variant)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoa maculosa Carrington, 1865) Carrington, Benjamin. (1865). On the chaetopod annelides of the Southport sands. <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.</em> 4: 176-188., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48862346
page(s): 178-179 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, England  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polynoe maculosa Carrington, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339821 on 2024-04-23
Date
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2019-06-03 21:53:11Z
changed
2020-09-17 01:11:51Z
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original description  (of Polynoa maculosa Carrington, 1865) Carrington, Benjamin. (1865). On the chaetopod annelides of the Southport sands. <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.</em> 4: 176-188., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48862346
page(s): 178-179 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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): 103; note: as synonym of Harmothoe lunulata, but see Chambers & Muire, 1997 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 176; note: indeterminable; unidentifiable polynoid [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling Carrington (1865) used an incorrect spelling of 'Polynoa' for his new species in Polynoe genus [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]

Type specimen Chambers & Muir (1997) state that the "specimen is not available for examination". It is not clear if they meant the type is lost, or something different [details]