Polychaeta name details
original description
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522 page(s): 472-474 [details]
status source
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf page(s): 40; note: as nomen oblitum [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The name of the genus seems to be composed by the names of the genera Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 and Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. [details]
Status According to Nygren (2004: 40) the name Nereisyllis Blainville, 1828 has not been in use since it was introduced in 1828. Hence, the conditions in Article 23.9.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) are fullfilled and the name should be considered as a nomen oblitum. [details]
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