WoRMS name details
Nereis madreporae pertusae Gunnerus, 1768
340873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340873)
unaccepted (nomen dubium, subjective synonym)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gunnerus, J. E. (1768). Om Nogle Norske Coraller. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 4: 38-73., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN481641912_0004&IDDOC=273812 [details]
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Type locality contained in Trondheims Fjord
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Trondheimsfjord, Norway
type locality contained in Trondheims Fjord [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Trondheimsfjord, Norway [details]
Nomenclature Nereis madreporae pertusa: It is very doubtful if this three word name was a valid scientific name. Madrepora pertusa...
Nomenclature Nereis madreporae pertusa: It is very doubtful if this three word name was a valid scientific name. Madrepora pertusa Linnaeus, 1758 was the name of a coral, now Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758). Gunnerus has simply put Nereis in front of the coral name, presumably meaning the Nereis from the coral, and not necessarily naming it, and certainly not intending a subspecies name, which is how it appears in catalogues (Hartman, 1959: 324). Hartman collected the name from Malmgren (1867: 64) where it appears in the synonymy of Leodice norvegica (now Eunice norvegica). Malmgren's reference is to Gunnerus 1768 on p.45-51 of "Act. Nidros." but this appears to be the same source as Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis madreporae pertusae Gunnerus, 1768. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340873 on 2024-08-15
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Gunnerus, J. E. (1768). Om Nogle Norske Coraller. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 4: 38-73., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN481641912_0004&IDDOC=273812 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
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source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
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Nomenclature Nereis madreporae pertusa: It is very doubtful if this three word name was a valid scientific name. Madrepora pertusa Linnaeus, 1758 was the name of a coral, now Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758). Gunnerus has simply put Nereis in front of the coral name, presumably meaning the Nereis from the coral, and not necessarily naming it, and certainly not intending a subspecies name, which is how it appears in catalogues (Hartman, 1959: 324). Hartman collected the name from Malmgren (1867: 64) where it appears in the synonymy of Leodice norvegica (now Eunice norvegica). Malmgren's reference is to Gunnerus 1768 on p.45-51 of "Act. Nidros." but this appears to be the same source as Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter. [details]From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Trondheimsfjord, Norway [details]