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Polychaeta name details

Lycastis brevicornis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833

337275  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337275)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination|comb. Nov)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Audouin, Jean Victor; Milne Edwards, Henri. (1833). [Part 3.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> (series 1) 29: 195-269., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6044727
page(s): 223-226, plate XIV figs. 6-12 [details]   
Holotype  MNHN POLY TYPE 1370, geounit France  
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1370, geounit France [details]
Type locality contained in Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile  
type locality contained in Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile [details]
Note Atlantic coast of France, Bay of Biscay,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic coast of France, Bay of Biscay, Poitou-Charentes, coasts of Noirmoutier (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 46.98º, long. -2.22º). Several authors state La Rochelle (Charente, France) as the type locality of the species, apparently based on the label associated to an existing possible holotype. However, Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1833: 224) clearly state Noirmoutier as the type locality: "Nous l'avons trouvée sur les côtes de Noirmoutier".  [details]
Type material Possible holotype deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 1370.  [details]
Depth range Not stated by Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1833). Probably shallow water.  
Depth range Not stated by Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1833). Probably shallow water. [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of France: Noirmoutier (Poitou-Charentes).   
Distribution Atlantic coast of France: Noirmoutier (Poitou-Charentes).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet brevicornis is composed by the Latin prefix brevi-, meaning 'short', and the Latin adjective cornis,...  
Etymology The specific epithet brevicornis is composed by the Latin prefix brevi-, meaning 'short', and the Latin adjective cornis, meaning 'horned', and refers to the short antennae and palps: "La tête (fig. 7), ne présente rien de remarquable; les antennes mitoyennes (c) [i.e. antennae; note by the editor] sont petites, côniques et très écartées l'une de l'autre; les antennes externes (d) [i.e. palps; note by the editor] sont également assez courtes, et formées comme celles des Néréides, de deux articles, l'un basilaire très-gros, l'autre terminal et fort petit" (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833: 223).  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus (Namalycastis).  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus (Namalycastis). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Lycastis brevicornis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337275 on 2024-03-28
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original description Audouin, Jean Victor; Milne Edwards, Henri. (1833). [Part 3.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> (series 1) 29: 195-269., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6044727
page(s): 223-226, plate XIV figs. 6-12 [details]   

source of synonymy Glasby, C.J. (1999). The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1. Taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.</em> 25: 1-129., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.25.1999.1354
page(s): 40-42, figs. 1c, 14a-e, 15, table 4 [details]   

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1370, geounit France [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated by Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1833). Probably shallow water. [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of France: Noirmoutier (Poitou-Charentes).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet brevicornis is composed by the Latin prefix brevi-, meaning 'short', and the Latin adjective cornis, meaning 'horned', and refers to the short antennae and palps: "La tête (fig. 7), ne présente rien de remarquable; les antennes mitoyennes (c) [i.e. antennae; note by the editor] sont petites, côniques et très écartées l'une de l'autre; les antennes externes (d) [i.e. palps; note by the editor] sont également assez courtes, et formées comme celles des Néréides, de deux articles, l'un basilaire très-gros, l'autre terminal et fort petit" (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833: 223).  [details]

Habitat Not stated by Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1833).  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus (Namalycastis). [details]

Type locality Atlantic coast of France, Bay of Biscay, Poitou-Charentes, coasts of Noirmoutier (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 46.98º, long. -2.22º). Several authors state La Rochelle (Charente, France) as the type locality of the species, apparently based on the label associated to an existing possible holotype. However, Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1833: 224) clearly state Noirmoutier as the type locality: "Nous l'avons trouvée sur les côtes de Noirmoutier".  [details]

Type material Possible holotype deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 1370.  [details]