original description
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 191 [details]
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy
Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 298 [details]
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Homonymy The name Praxilla Malmgren, 1865, is junior to Praxilla Reichenbach, 1854 in Aves, and was replaced by Praxillella Verrill, 1881 [details]
Type designation Malmgren (1865) named both Praxilla praetermissa and P. gracilis. It may have been Hartman (1959) who fixed the type of the genus as P. praetermissa. [details]