WoRMS taxon details

Neanthes helenae Kinberg, 1865

329457  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329457)

accepted
Species
Nereis nanciae Day, 1949 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 172; note: from Saint Helena Island [details]   
Type locality contained in St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note St. Helena Island, Atlantic Ocean, with...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality St. Helena Island, Atlantic Ocean, with Jamestown geolocation at -15.9234, -5.7184. There is no harbour as such although Jamestown on the northern coast was a stop-over in the mid-Atlantic for exploring and trading vessels over centuries up to the 19th century. Villalobos-Guerrero et al. (2021) give a different geolocation purportedly for Jamestown, but it is not. They state the depth as 27.1 m [details]
Depth range 15 fathoms [probably Danish fathoms = 28.2 m].   
Depth range 15 fathoms [probably Danish fathoms = 28.2 m].  [details]

Etymology Not stated, but evidently named from the collection location of St Helena island.  
Etymology Not stated, but evidently named from the collection location of St Helena island. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Neanthes helenae Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329457 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2019-03-26 23:28:45Z
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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 172; note: from Saint Helena Island [details]   

original description  (of Nereis nanciae Day, 1949) Day, John H. (1949). On the Polychaeta collected by Mr. J. Colman at St. Helena. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 41(281): 434-451., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/41/281/434/2682877
page(s): 445, figure 4; note: St Helena, Atlantic Ocean, as Nereis nanciae [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Kara, Jyothi; Idris, Izwandy. (2021). Redescriptions of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) species from worldwide regions. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 760(1): 101-135., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1443
page(s): 114, figures 3-4; note: redescription from syntypes. The authors' heading incorrectly has the name as Neanthes helenae (Kinberg, 1865), whereas no recombination has occurred. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype (of Nereis nanciae Day, 1949) NHMUK 1950.1.5.72-95., geounit Atlantic Ocean [details]
Syntype SMNH Type-457, geounit Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 15 fathoms [probably Danish fathoms = 28.2 m].  [details]

Etymology Not stated, but evidently named from the collection location of St Helena island. [details]

Type locality St. Helena Island, Atlantic Ocean, with Jamestown geolocation at -15.9234, -5.7184. There is no harbour as such although Jamestown on the northern coast was a stop-over in the mid-Atlantic for exploring and trading vessels over centuries up to the 19th century. Villalobos-Guerrero et al. (2021) give a different geolocation purportedly for Jamestown, but it is not. They state the depth as 27.1 m [details]