WoRMS name details
Spirorbis (Leodora) knightjonesi De Silva, 1965
332142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332142)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
De Silva, P.H.D.H. (1965). New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 144(4): 537-563., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05196.x
page(s): 559 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 559 [details] Available for editors [request]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Kalkudah, Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kalkudah, Sri Lanka [details]
Etymology Not stated. Clearly named after one of the Serpulidae taxonomists, Knight-Joneses husband and wife team, and as the ending...
Etymology Not stated. Clearly named after one of the Serpulidae taxonomists, Knight-Joneses husband and wife team, and as the ending is masculine, it must be after Wyn Knight-Jones [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spirorbis (Leodora) knightjonesi De Silva, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332142 on 2024-04-23
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De Silva, P.H.D.H. (1965). New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 144(4): 537-563., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05196.x
page(s): 559 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 559 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Authority As the name used by the author repeatedly was as 'De Silva" in bibliographies, indexed in the D's, De Silva is the name used here, not Silva. [details]Etymology Not stated. Clearly named after one of the Serpulidae taxonomists, Knight-Joneses husband and wife team, and as the ending is masculine, it must be after Wyn Knight-Jones [details]
Type locality Kalkudah, Sri Lanka [details]