WoRMS name details
Eumenia reticulata McIntosh, 1885
337936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337936)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Eumenia Örsted, 1843 accepted as Polyphysia Quatrefages, 1866
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 360-361, plate XLIV figs. 1-2, plate XXIIA fig. 20 [details]
page(s): 360-361, plate XLIV figs. 1-2, plate XXIIA fig. 20 [details]
Note The coordinates of the type locality given by...
Type locality The coordinates of the type locality given by McIntosh (1885) are inaccurate. The type locality is stated to be located at the Queen Charlotte Sound, in the northern region of New Zealand's South Island, facing North Island, while the given coordinates would place it eastwards the North Island. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality New Zealand [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eumenia reticulata McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337936 on 2025-02-04
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McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 360-361, plate XLIV figs. 1-2, plate XXIIA fig. 20 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
source of synonymy Furreg, Erich. 1925. Zur Systematik der Polychätenfamilie Scalibregmidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 50(2): 123-190.
page(s): 170-176, figs. S-X; note: with Pseudoscalibregma longisetosum (Théel, 1879) [details]
new combination reference Kudenov, Jerry D. and Blake, J.A. 1978. A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 12: 427-444., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770291
page(s): 434-435; note: as Hyboscolex reticulatus; new combination in the Remarks text under Hyboscolex dicranochaetus [details]
new combination reference Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 516-517; note: "this [Eumenia reticulata] is certainly not a species of Polyphysia, but is close to Schmarda's genus Hyboscolex" (Day, 1961: 517) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 360-361, plate XLIV figs. 1-2, plate XXIIA fig. 20 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
source of synonymy Furreg, Erich. 1925. Zur Systematik der Polychätenfamilie Scalibregmidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 50(2): 123-190.
page(s): 170-176, figs. S-X; note: with Pseudoscalibregma longisetosum (Théel, 1879) [details]
new combination reference Kudenov, Jerry D. and Blake, J.A. 1978. A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 12: 427-444., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770291
page(s): 434-435; note: as Hyboscolex reticulatus; new combination in the Remarks text under Hyboscolex dicranochaetus [details]
new combination reference Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 516-517; note: "this [Eumenia reticulata] is certainly not a species of Polyphysia, but is close to Schmarda's genus Hyboscolex" (Day, 1961: 517) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1885.12.1.258, geounit New Zealand part of the South Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality The coordinates of the type locality given by McIntosh (1885) are inaccurate. The type locality is stated to be located at the Queen Charlotte Sound, in the northern region of New Zealand's South Island, facing North Island, while the given coordinates would place it eastwards the North Island. [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]Type locality New Zealand [details]
