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Polychaeta taxon details

Sabaco Kinberg, 1866

157549  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157549)

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Sabaco maculatus Kinberg, 1866 (type by monotypy)
Branchioasychis Monro, 1939 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Maldanopsis Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 341 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Etymology There is no etymology in Light. Kinberg may have been reading Greek/Roman histories when he created his maldanid genera....  
Etymology There is no etymology in Light. Kinberg may have been reading Greek/Roman histories when he created his maldanid genera. According to William Smith (A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology) Anysis was an ancient king of Egypt, who, according to Herodotus, succeeded Asychis. He was blind, and in his reign Egypt was invaded by the Ethiopians under their king Sabaco [also as Sabacos] and remained in their possession for fifty years.  [details]

Taxonomy Arwidsson (1906: 261) included Sabaco Kinberg, Chrysothemis (a homonym) and Maldanopsis Verrill in Asychis. This placement...  
Taxonomy Arwidsson (1906: 261) included Sabaco Kinberg, Chrysothemis (a homonym) and Maldanopsis Verrill in Asychis. This placement was followed in the Hartman (1959: 450) catalogue. Light (1980 unpublished, 1991) re-establised Sabaco as distinct.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sabaco Kinberg, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157549 on 2024-04-19
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 341 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Maldanopsis Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 659 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Branchioasychis Monro, 1939) Monro, Charles C. A. (1939). Polychaeta of the "Rosaura" Expedition. <em>Novitates Zoologicae, London.</em> 41: 345-354, text figures 280-283., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34053588 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. <em>Ophelia, supplement.</em> 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146.
page(s): 141 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Etymology There is no etymology in Light. Kinberg may have been reading Greek/Roman histories when he created his maldanid genera. According to William Smith (A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology) Anysis was an ancient king of Egypt, who, according to Herodotus, succeeded Asychis. He was blind, and in his reign Egypt was invaded by the Ethiopians under their king Sabaco [also as Sabacos] and remained in their possession for fifty years.  [details]

Grammatical gender Sabaco is masculine. Sabaco is an ancient Mediterranean area male name. [details]

Taxonomy Arwidsson (1906: 261) included Sabaco Kinberg, Chrysothemis (a homonym) and Maldanopsis Verrill in Asychis. This placement was followed in the Hartman (1959: 450) catalogue. Light (1980 unpublished, 1991) re-establised Sabaco as distinct.  [details]