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Polychaeta name detailsNereis longissima Johnston, 1840
146928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146928)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine,
recent only
Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica. [Continued from vol. iv. p. 375.] Contributions towards a history of Irish Annelids (1). <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 5: 168-179, 9 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020
page(s): 178-179, fig. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Irish Exclusive economic Zone
type locality contained in Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Coast of County Down, Northern Ireland, Irish Sea, NE Atlantic (gazetteer estimate 54.2º, -5.6º). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet longissima (masculine: longissimus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long' or 'longest', and refers...
Etymology The specific epithet longissima (masculine: longissimus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long' or 'longest', and refers to the length of the species: ''The specimen before me is of the extraordinary length of two feet! but as it has become very soft in the spirits, it would perhaps not much exceed 18 inches when alive'' (Johnston, 1840: 178). [details] Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146928 on 2024-04-16
Date action by
original description
Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica. [Continued from vol. iv. p. 375.] Contributions towards a history of Irish Annelids (1). <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 5: 168-179, 9 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020
page(s): 178-179, fig. 9 [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] basis of record 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] source of synonymy 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]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The specific epithet longissima (masculine: longissimus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'very long' or 'longest', and refers to the length of the species: ''The specimen before me is of the extraordinary length of two feet! but as it has become very soft in the spirits, it would perhaps not much exceed 18 inches when alive'' (Johnston, 1840: 178). [details]Type locality Coast of County Down, Northern Ireland, Irish Sea, NE Atlantic (gazetteer estimate 54.2º, -5.6º). [details] From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
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