Polychaeta taxon details
original description
(of Nephthys longipes Stimpson, 1856) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499 [details]
original description
(of Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974) Paxton, H. 1974. Contribution to the study of the Australian Nephtyidae (Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 29(7): 197-208., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Paxton-1974-Rec-Aust-Mus-297-197208/ page(s): 204 [details]
status source
Rainer, Sebastian F. and Hutchings, Pat 1977. Nephtyidae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 31(8): 307-347., available online at http://http:/australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17518/216_complete.pdf page(s): 332 [details]
From editor or global species database
Neotype Type material collected Botany Bay, Sydney was probably destroyed in a Chicago fire fide Pettibone (pers comm) in Rainer & Hutchings (1977:334). A neotype for N. longipes was designated Rainer & Hutchings as AM W5251, the Batemans Bay holotype of Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974. Stimpson did not provide a figure but stated both antennae pairs were 'placed rather near the base of the head'. This is not the situation in N. vikingensis where (per Rainer & Hutchings, also Paxton) "Antennae arise at base of [the oval] preantennal lobe, palps arise further down the prostomium." The synonymy by Rainer & Hutchings, including a neotype using N. vikingensis, seems not as definite based on this character. [details]
Taxonomy Considered indeterminable by Augener (1922) and by Paxton (1974). Re-established by Rainer & Hutchings (1977). [details]
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