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Polychaeta name detailsMeredithia Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
325900 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325900)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
marine,
recent only
feminine
Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. (2000). Magelonidae from the Mexican Pacific and northern Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new genus (<i>Meredithia</i>) and four new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 67(1): 625-644., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2000/00000067/00000001/art00050
page(s): 637; note: for new species Meridithia spinifera [details] Available for editors  [request]
Etymology authors: "Meridithia dedicated to the late Meredith Jones [...] especially for his important contributions to the knowledge...
Etymology authors: "Meridithia dedicated to the late Meredith Jones [...] especially for his important contributions to the knowledge of the family Magelonidae" The genus gender is not stated, but is feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Meredithia Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325900 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. (2000). Magelonidae from the Mexican Pacific and northern Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new genus (<i>Meredithia</i>) and four new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 67(1): 625-644., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2000/00000067/00000001/art00050
page(s): 637; note: for new species Meridithia spinifera [details] Available for editors [request] source of synonymy Mortimer, Kate; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2006). The Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seychelles. 2. Description of four additional species, three new to science. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70(S3): 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3125 page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors [request] From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: "Meridithia dedicated to the late Meredith Jones [...] especially for his important contributions to the knowledge of the family Magelonidae" The genus gender is not stated, but is feminine. [details]Grammatical gender Gender of Meridithia is not stated, but it is feminine (although Meridith Jones was a male) because of the feminine suffix 'ia' and the type species name 'spinifera' has a feminine adjectival ending (fer a um, carry) [details] |