African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Pallasia Quatrefages, 1848

AphiaID

155382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155382)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (preoccupied by Robineau-Desvoidy, 1930 [Diptera], replaced by Idanthyrsus Kinberg, 1866)

Accepted name

Idanthyrsus Kinberg, 1866

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865

Original name

Pallasia Quatrefages, 1848

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Species Pallasia gaimardi Quatrefages, 1866
Species Pallasia gaimardi Quatrefages, 1848 accepted as Gunnarea gaimardi (Quatrefages, 1848) (superseded original combination)
Species Pallasia luciae Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Idanthyrsus luciae (Rochebrune, 1882) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Quatrefages, Armand de. (1848). Études sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchements des annelés. Mémoire sur la famille des Hermelliens (Hermellea Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3. Zoologie. 10: 5-58, plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13895428
page(s): 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pallasia Quatrefages, 1848. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155382 on 2026-07-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pallasia Quatrefages, 1848. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155382 on 2026-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-27 08:05:53Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2025-08-19 06:41:38Z

changed

Gil, João

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Sources (3)

original description Quatrefages, Armand de. (1848). Études sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchements des annelés. Mémoire sur la famille des Hermelliens (Hermellea Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3. Zoologie. 10: 5-58, plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13895428
page(s): 23 [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]