WoRMS name details

Polydora concharum Verrill, 1879

157537  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157537)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 174-175; note: no figures [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in North Atlantic  
type locality contained in North Atlantic [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, New England and eastern Canada  
From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, New England and eastern Canada [details]
Etymology No etymology stated. 'concharum' is the invariant genitive plural of 'concha', a Latin noun meaning a snail or shell, thus...  
Etymology No etymology stated. 'concharum' is the invariant genitive plural of 'concha', a Latin noun meaning a snail or shell, thus Polydora concharum is a species associated with molluscs, in this case Arctica islandica, a bivalve. [details]

Distribution western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the...  
Distribution western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; Cobscook Bay to Cape Hatteras [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora concharum Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157537 on 2024-03-28
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Verrill, A.E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 174-175; note: no figures [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

source of synonymy Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 320 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology No etymology stated. 'concharum' is the invariant genitive plural of 'concha', a Latin noun meaning a snail or shell, thus Polydora concharum is a species associated with molluscs, in this case Arctica islandica, a bivalve. [details]

Publication date Radashevsky et al (2022) confirm the publication date for P. concharum is November 1879 as already determined here (see source entry, and as cited by Verrill, 1881), rather than the1880 used by most prior authors. [details]

Type designation Radashevsky et al (2022) present a photo of type specimens, discussion of tracing of type specimens, and designate a lectotype, from sample YPM IZ 002687.AN [details]

From other sources
Distribution western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; Cobscook Bay to Cape Hatteras [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, New England and eastern Canada [details]