Polychaeta name details
original description
(of Nereis virens Sars, 1835) Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017 page(s): 58-60, plate 10 figs. 27 a, b, c [details]
taxonomy source
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. <em>Ray Society of London.</em> 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042 page(s): 330, Plate LIII; Plate L, figs. 12, 13, and 16—larval and post-larval; Plate LXI, figs. 2 and 2 a—head, and figs. 3-5—other parts; Plate LXXIII, figs. 2-2 6—feet ; Plate LXXXI, fig. 7—bristles.; note: extensive taxonomy and synonymy [details]
new combination reference
Turnbull, Frederick M. (1876). On the anatomy and habits of <i>Nereis virens</i>. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 3: 265-280, plates XLII-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476214 note: Title uses Nereis virens, but in the first paragraph Nereis (Alitta) virens is used and appears to be almost the first such use of Alitta as the subgenus. Turnbull does not state a formal synonymy [details]
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From editor or global species database
Classification According to the synonymy in McIntosh (1910) the usage by Turnbull (1876) may be almost the first such use of Alitta as the subgenus of Nereis. The title uses Nereis virens, but in the first paragraph Nereis (Alitta) virens is used. Turnbull does not state a formal synonymy and the article is mainly biology [details]
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