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Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 523: 1-422.

SourceID

49793

DOI

10.5479/si.00810282.523 [view]

Authors

Fauchald, K.

Year

1992

Title

A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material

Journal

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

Suffix

523: 1-422

Type

Publication

Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

Abstract

The genus Eunice has been widely reported in all kinds of marine environment. A total of 286 names have been applied to taxa originally described in, or subsequently referred to, the genus. All such taxa published prior to 1985 have been accounted for below. Of these, some or all types of about 175 are available and are described below. Twenty-five species are incompletely known; types are missing and original descriptions (or subsequent descriptions of types) are insufficient to relate these species to the rest. The descriptions of these species have been briefly summarized. A key to species includes nearly all species for which types were available. Species considered incompletely known are excluded from the key, but are included when possible in a set of tables comparing similar species. Forty-seven named taxa are indeterminable. Twenty-two have been referred to other genera, including some new combinations. In some cases the type lot included two species; some of these types could be referred to other, known species; however, four species are described as new. Seven species have been given new names for nomenclatural reasons. Attempts to group the 206 reasonably well-characterized species into supra-specific taxa using cladistic techniques did not lead to interpretable results. The reasons might include the very large number of species compared to the number of characters. A detailed analysis of the characters has been started using freshly collected material in an attempt to expand the number of characters and measure the variability of currently used characters. Similar reviews are planned for the remaining eunicean genera.

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Taxa (22)
Notes (33)

Eunice antillensis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Leodice antillensis (Ehlers, 1887) (basis of record)
Eunice balfouriana (McIntosh, 1885) (status source)
Eunice cirrobranchiata McIntosh, 1885 (status source)
Eunice filamentosa Grube & Örsted in Grube, 1856 (source of synonymy)
Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887 (redescription)
Eunice hawaiiensis Treadwell, 1906 accepted as Eunice hawaiensis Treadwell, 1906 (status source)
Eunice kobiensis McIntosh, 1885 (basis of record)
Eunice magellanica McIntosh, 1885 (status source)
Eunice norvegica (Linnaeus, 1767) (source of synonymy)
Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1853 (status source)
Eunice segregata (Chamberlin, 1919) (basis of record)
Eunice tenuis (Treadwell, 1921) (basis of record)
Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904 (status source)
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (source of synonymy)
Eunice websteri Fauchald, 1969 (additional source)
Eunicidae Berthold, 1827 (taxonomy source)
Euniphysa tubifex (Crossland, 1904) accepted as Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904 (status source)
Leodice Lamarck, 1818 (additional source)
Leodice segregata Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Eunice segregata (Chamberlin, 1919) (source of synonymy)
Nicidion Kinberg, 1865 (status source)
Nicidon balfouriana McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Eunice balfouriana (McIntosh, 1885) (source of synonymy)

Additional information

for Lysibranchia Cantone, 1983

Absence/presence of branchiae is not currently considered a valid diagnostic character at genera level of Eunicidae ... [details]

Authority

for Eunicidae Berthold, 1827

The author of Eunicidae is Berthold (1827: 227) according to Fauchald (1992: 2) as his translation of Latreille was ... [details]

Classification

for Euniphysa tubicola (Treadwell, 1922)

Miura (1986) created the new combination Euniphysa tubicola, but Shen & Wu (1991) and Fauchald (1992) disagreed and ... [details]

Description

for Eunice aucklandica Averincev, 1972

Based on one small specimen. Branchiae present chaetiger 8-21 (of 79), 1-2 filaments (mostly 1), no distinct ... [details]

Editor's comment

for Eunice kerguelensis Averincev, 1972

Fauchald (1992:183) retained this taxon as valid, but it appears to be near indeterminable, at least from the ... [details]

Editor's comment

for Eunice monilifer (Chamberlin, 1919)

indeterminable according to Fauchald (1992) as the type is lost and there were no original figures. As the antennae ... [details]

New combination

for Eunice megalodus Grube, 1878

Fauchald (1992: 217) stated the features of E. megalodus are those found in genus Euniphysa. Lu & Fauchald (2000) ... [details]

Publication date

for Eunice aucklandica Averincev, 1972

Fauchald (1992:72) cites the original publication date as 1974 for this species and also for E. kerguelensis, but ... [details]

Publication date

for Eunice auriculata Treadwell, 1900

Fauchald (1992: 72) pointed out that the first short description was clearly in 1900 (the name is in the paper ... [details]

Publication date

for Eunice caeca Shisko, 1981

Published in 1981 (31 December, 1981 according to journal cover). This year date is confirmed in Fauchald (1992), ... [details]

Status

for Eunice enteles (Chamberlin, 1918)

There are no original figures and types are lost. Fauchald regarded the species as indeterminable. It can be ... [details]

Status

for Eunice flavopicta Izuka, 1912

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788) by Miura (1986). Fauchald (1992) ... [details]

Status

for Eunice gigantea (Lamarck, 1818)

With some reservations, the discussion given by Fauchald (1992: 155) on "Eunice gigantea auctores" (as Fauchald ... [details]

Status

for Leodice enteles Chamberlin, 1918

Moniliform antennae therefore best retained as a Leodice.There are no original figures and types are lost. ... [details]

Status

for Leodice monilifer Chamberlin, 1919

Indeterminable as type lost. Probably truly a Leodice given the moniliform antennae noted in the species name. [details]

Status

for Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758

Fauchald dismisses the Linnaeus name of 'Nereis gigantea' as indeterminable (although it is referring to an ... [details]

Synonymy

for Eunice (Nicidion) gracilis (Crossland, 1904)

Hartman (1959) synonymized Nicidion fusca-fasciata Treadwell, 1922 to this species. Synonym was not accepted by ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eriphyle Kinberg, 1865

Erected by Kinberg for Eunice species with quadrilobate prostomia and nine, rather than seven maxillae [fide ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice antillensis Ehlers, 1887

Valid species similar to Eunice websteri Fauchald, 1969. [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice cirrobranchiata McIntosh, 1885

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice filamentosa Grube & Örsted in Grube, 1856 by Hartman ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice congesta Marenzeller, 1879

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) by Imajima & Hartman (1964). ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice longisetis Webster, 1884

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice macrobranchia Schmarda, 1861 by Augener (1927). Fauchald ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice magellanica McIntosh, 1885

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice frauenfeldi Grube, 1866 by Hartman (1964). Fauchald (1992) ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice nigricans Schmarda, 1861

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice macrobranchia Schmarda, 1861 by Augener (1925). Fauchald ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice parva Hansen, 1882

This species was considered a junior synonym of Eunice rubra Grube, 1856 by Augener (1934). Fauchald (1992) ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Eunice pellucida Kinberg, 1865

Species valid and redescribed in Fauchald (1992). [details]

Taxonomy

for Nicidion Kinberg, 1865

Erected by Kinberg for abranchiate Eunice [fide Fauchald, 1992:28]. Erected for three new species, N. longicirrata ... [details]

Type locality

for Eunice aucklandica Averincev, 1972

Shelf depths off Auckland Islands, -51.2167, 165.6167, 183 m [details]

Type locality

for Eunice caeca Shisko, 1981

Deepwater off Tanner Bank, southern California, 32 49.8'N, 119 29.86'W, 1357 m [details]

Type locality

for Eunice kerguelensis Averincev, 1972

Off Kerguelen Islands, shelf depths, -49.6353, 70.7186, 141 m [details]

Type locality

for Eunice tentaculata Kinberg, 1865

Between Sumatra and Borneo, latitude -2.5 deg, longitude107.1666 deg, clearly originally stated by Kinberg as ... [details]

Type material

for Leodice enteles Chamberlin, 1918

Fauchald (1992:132) reports there is no type material of Leodice enteles at MCZ. However, earlier Hartman (1938: 95 ... [details]

Type species

for Eunice Cuvier, 1817

Cuvier (1817: 525) only names a Eunice species in a footnote, and the name he uses is as "Terebella aphroditois, ... [details]