WoRMS name details
Venusia punctata Johnston, 1865
340138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340138)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Venusia Johnston, 1865 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 241-242 [details]
page(s): 241-242 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note England, Atlantic Ocean. The original...
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality England, Atlantic Ocean. The original description refers specimens collected mainly in Berwick Bay (Northumberland, North Sea; gazetteer estimate 55.73°, -1.94°), but also in south Devon (English Channel; gazetteer estimate 50.5°, -3.4°). [details]
Depth range Not stated, probably subtidal depths.
Distribution England: North Sea (Northumberland); English Channel (Devon).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet punctata, Latin adjective meaning 'spotted', refers obviously to the presence of red or...
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.
Depth range Not stated, probably subtidal depths. [details]
Distribution England: North Sea (Northumberland); English Channel (Devon).
Distribution England: North Sea (Northumberland); English Channel (Devon). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet punctata, Latin adjective meaning 'spotted', refers obviously to the presence of red or...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet punctata, Latin adjective meaning 'spotted', refers obviously to the presence of red or clear roundish spots on the tentacles and segments of the worm: "The tentacula are [...] prettily speckled with reddish spots. [...] [The] segments are all speckled with scarlet dots. But the peculiar marking of the dorsal surface constitutes the distinguishing character of the species. It is punctuated, in a very pretty way, with clear roundish spots, imitating lacework in their arrangement" (Johnston, 1865: 241). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Venusia punctata Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340138 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 241-242 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 387-388; note: with Thelepus circinnata [sic] (Fabricius, 1780) [details]
source of synonymy Tauber, P. (1879). Annulata Danica. En Kritisk Revision af de i Danmark Fundne Annulata Chaetognatha, Gephyrea, Balanoglossi, Discophoreae, Oligochaeta, Gymnocopa og Polychaeta. <em>Reitzel. K benhavn.</em> 1-143. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 133; note: with Terebella circinnata [sic] [details]
source of synonymy Marenzeller, Emil von. (1884). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Dritter Beitrag. [Terebellen (<i>Amphitritea</i> Mgrn.)]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 89(1-3): 151-215, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35292441
page(s): 205; note: with Thelepus cincinnatus [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 241-242 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 387-388; note: with Thelepus circinnata [sic] (Fabricius, 1780) [details]
source of synonymy Tauber, P. (1879). Annulata Danica. En Kritisk Revision af de i Danmark Fundne Annulata Chaetognatha, Gephyrea, Balanoglossi, Discophoreae, Oligochaeta, Gymnocopa og Polychaeta. <em>Reitzel. K benhavn.</em> 1-143. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 133; note: with Terebella circinnata [sic] [details]
source of synonymy Marenzeller, Emil von. (1884). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Dritter Beitrag. [Terebellen (<i>Amphitritea</i> Mgrn.)]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 89(1-3): 151-215, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35292441
page(s): 205; note: with Thelepus cincinnatus [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Not stated, probably subtidal depths. [details]Distribution England: North Sea (Northumberland); English Channel (Devon). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet punctata, Latin adjective meaning 'spotted', refers obviously to the presence of red or clear roundish spots on the tentacles and segments of the worm: "The tentacula are [...] prettily speckled with reddish spots. [...] [The] segments are all speckled with scarlet dots. But the peculiar marking of the dorsal surface constitutes the distinguishing character of the species. It is punctuated, in a very pretty way, with clear roundish spots, imitating lacework in their arrangement" (Johnston, 1865: 241). [details]
Habitat "The coralline region, very common" (Johnston, 1865: 241). Tube described as being "generally constructed on old bivalve shells", belonging to Venus islandica, Pecten maximus, and Cardium echinatum. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality England, Atlantic Ocean. The original description refers specimens collected mainly in Berwick Bay (Northumberland, North Sea; gazetteer estimate 55.73°, -1.94°), but also in south Devon (English Channel; gazetteer estimate 50.5°, -3.4°). [details]
