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Staurocephalus Grube, 1855

154941  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154941)

 unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by synonym)
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  1. Species Staurocephalus atlanticus McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Protodorvillea atlantica (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100
page(s): 97 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Homonymy Junior homonym to Staurocephalus Barrande 1846, a fossil trilobite genus published in Barrande J . 1846. Notice...  
Homonymy Junior homonym to Staurocephalus Barrande 1846, a fossil trilobite genus published in Barrande J . 1846. Notice préliminaire sur le systême silurien et les trilobites de Bohême, 1- 97. Leipzig.


Hilbig (1995:342 atlas) wrote regarding the homonymy of Staurocephalus that "Staurocephalus, erected by Grube in 1855, was found to be preoccupied by Verrill (1900), and he proposed Stauronereis (and the family name Stauronereidae) as a replacement. However, since he also changed the type species from S. rubrovittatus to S. rudolphi (which had actually been described as Nereis rudolphi by delle Chiaje in 1828, he violated an ICZN rule, and the genus Stauronereis became invalid. McIntosh (1910) moved S. rubrovittatus to Dorvillea, a genus established by Parfitt in 1866 with the type-species Dorvillea lobata, which McIntosh synonymized with Stauronereis [sic. error for Staurocephalus] rubrovittatus."

However, the history is not exactly as Hilbig described. McIntosh (1910:101) in fact continued Staurocephalus as valid, with Dorvillea lobata as a synonym of Staurocephalus rubrovittatus. It was Chamberlin (1919:339) who clarified the matter, and made Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 the synonym which replaced the junior homonym Staurocephalus. Stauronereis Verrill 1900 (the new name proposed for Staurocephalus), is not invalidated because Verrill 'violated an ICZN rule' (See Stauronereis entry for explanation). Stauronereis was used as valid for some time, but is ultimately unneeded as a replacement name because the name Dorvillea became a synonym, and it pre-dated Stauronereis, and was thus the correct available replacement name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Staurocephalus Grube, 1855. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154941 on 2024-03-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Staurocephalus Grube, 1855. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154941 on 2024-03-28
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2005-04-21 14:12:09Z
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2008-03-05 09:00:37Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100
page(s): 97 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 574 [details]   

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   
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Homonymy Junior homonym to Staurocephalus Barrande 1846, a fossil trilobite genus published in Barrande J . 1846. Notice préliminaire sur le systême silurien et les trilobites de Bohême, 1- 97. Leipzig.


Hilbig (1995:342 atlas) wrote regarding the homonymy of Staurocephalus that "Staurocephalus, erected by Grube in 1855, was found to be preoccupied by Verrill (1900), and he proposed Stauronereis (and the family name Stauronereidae) as a replacement. However, since he also changed the type species from S. rubrovittatus to S. rudolphi (which had actually been described as Nereis rudolphi by delle Chiaje in 1828, he violated an ICZN rule, and the genus Stauronereis became invalid. McIntosh (1910) moved S. rubrovittatus to Dorvillea, a genus established by Parfitt in 1866 with the type-species Dorvillea lobata, which McIntosh synonymized with Stauronereis [sic. error for Staurocephalus] rubrovittatus."

However, the history is not exactly as Hilbig described. McIntosh (1910:101) in fact continued Staurocephalus as valid, with Dorvillea lobata as a synonym of Staurocephalus rubrovittatus. It was Chamberlin (1919:339) who clarified the matter, and made Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 the synonym which replaced the junior homonym Staurocephalus. Stauronereis Verrill 1900 (the new name proposed for Staurocephalus), is not invalidated because Verrill 'violated an ICZN rule' (See Stauronereis entry for explanation). Stauronereis was used as valid for some time, but is ultimately unneeded as a replacement name because the name Dorvillea became a synonym, and it pre-dated Stauronereis, and was thus the correct available replacement name. [details]
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