WoRMS name details
Sonatsa Chamberlin, 1919
324680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324680)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Sonatsa meridionalis Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Maldane meridionalis (Chamberlin, 1919) (type by original designation)
- Species Sonatsa carinata (Moore, 1923) accepted as Maldane cristata Treadwell, 1923 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of synonym)
- Species Sonatsa meridionalis Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Maldane meridionalis (Chamberlin, 1919) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 409, 415-416; note: for Sonatsa meridionalis new species [details]
page(s): 409, 415-416; note: for Sonatsa meridionalis new species [details]
Taxonomy Green (1987) reported that the basis on which Chamberlain had created Sonatsa as distinct from Maldane and Asychis, namely...
Taxonomy Green (1987) reported that the basis on which Chamberlain had created Sonatsa as distinct from Maldane and Asychis, namely presence of two or more rows of uncini on each segment in the holotype, was not correct. The rows are single. Thus, although Green maintained the genus as valid, the synonymy with Maldane (as in Light, 1980) looks to be a sound placement and Green does not explain why she regards the genus as valid. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sonatsa Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324680 on 2024-04-23
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Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 409, 415-416; note: for Sonatsa meridionalis new species [details]
status source Green, Karen D. (1987). Revision of the genus Sonatsa (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 89-96.
note: treated Sonatsa as valid after holotype of type species examined [details] Available for editors
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status source Light, William J.H. (1980). Revision of the subfamily Maldaninae (Polychaeta), with a review of the species referred to the genus <i>Asychis</i> Kinberg. <em>[thesis].</em> PhD Dissertation. The University of Arizona, Department of General Biology. 201 pp. [Abstract published in Dissertation Abstracts International 41(2): 439]., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10150/565473
page(s): 136; note: to Maldane as its junior synonym, citing Detinova (1982: 295) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 409, 415-416; note: for Sonatsa meridionalis new species [details]
status source Green, Karen D. (1987). Revision of the genus Sonatsa (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 89-96.
note: treated Sonatsa as valid after holotype of type species examined [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Light, William J.H. (1980). Revision of the subfamily Maldaninae (Polychaeta), with a review of the species referred to the genus <i>Asychis</i> Kinberg. <em>[thesis].</em> PhD Dissertation. The University of Arizona, Department of General Biology. 201 pp. [Abstract published in Dissertation Abstracts International 41(2): 439]., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10150/565473
page(s): 136; note: to Maldane as its junior synonym, citing Detinova (1982: 295) [details] Available for editors
[request] 
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Taxonomy Green (1987) reported that the basis on which Chamberlain had created Sonatsa as distinct from Maldane and Asychis, namely presence of two or more rows of uncini on each segment in the holotype, was not correct. The rows are single. Thus, although Green maintained the genus as valid, the synonymy with Maldane (as in Light, 1980) looks to be a sound placement and Green does not explain why she regards the genus as valid. [details]
