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WoRMS name details

Eusigalion vazensis Augener, 1918

338341  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338341)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Sigalionidae (Family)
  9. Sigalioninae (Subfamily)
  10. Eusigalion (Genus)
  11. Eusigalion vazensis (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 113-118, text-fig. III.a-f, plate II fig. 14, plate III figs. 44-46 [details] 
Note Lagoon of Fernan Vaz, 'Französ Kongo', now...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Lagoon of Fernan Vaz, 'Französ Kongo', now Gabon, western Africa, approx (gazetteer) -1.617°, 9.386°. There is a the map of sampling locations in the first volume of Michaelsen's 'Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas' [details]
Etymology Not stated. However, Eusigalion vazensis is clearly named for the geographic location of Fernan Vaz on the coast of Gabon. ...  
Etymology Not stated. However, Eusigalion vazensis is clearly named for the geographic location of Fernan Vaz on the coast of Gabon. The lagoon is likely (without certainty) named for the 16thC Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado, who produced a 1571 West Africa nautical chart. [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eusigalion vazensis Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338341 on 2025-06-17
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2015-10-08 01:46:15Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 113-118, text-fig. III.a-f, plate II fig. 14, plate III figs. 44-46 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. However, Eusigalion vazensis is clearly named for the geographic location of Fernan Vaz on the coast of Gabon. The lagoon is likely (without certainty) named for the 16thC Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado, who produced a 1571 West Africa nautical chart. [details]

Specimen Zoologische Museum, Hamburg [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality Lagoon of Fernan Vaz, 'Französ Kongo', now Gabon, western Africa, approx (gazetteer) -1.617°, 9.386°. There is a the map of sampling locations in the first volume of Michaelsen's 'Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas' [details]
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