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Lagisca Malmgren, 1865

129494  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129494)

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Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 65 [details]   
Etymology Lagisca is an ancient Greek female given name. Malmgren multiple times uses ancient Greek female names for new genera in...  
Etymology Lagisca is an ancient Greek female given name. Malmgren multiple times uses ancient Greek female names for new genera in his Nordiska Hafs-Annulater work. In this case it is known that Lagis appears as the name of a courtesan in the work "The Deipnosophists of Athenaeus", while Lagisca as the name of a mistress appears earlier and in the preceding sentence. [details]

Status "Since Pettibone (1953) synonymized the type species of the genus Lagisca, L. rarispina (Sars, 1861), with H. extenuata, we...  
Status "Since Pettibone (1953) synonymized the type species of the genus Lagisca, L. rarispina (Sars, 1861), with H. extenuata, we doubt the validity of the genus Lagisca, being aware that only a complete revision of both genera could bring enough evidence for this hypothesis." (Barnich & Fiege, 2000: 1915). At least in that work, Pettibone does not seem to be aware of the effect of that claimed synonymy, the synonymies are not discussed, and it was not based on examination of type material, but rather based on literature. Additionally, if the names are synonyms, logically Polynoë extenuata (it is not the type species of Harmothoe) could equally move to Lagisca rather than remain in Harmothoe. So, as Barnich & Fiege indicate, more investigation is needed. Ten years later Pettibone (1963: 41) uses Harmothoe (Lagisca) extenuata, with Lagisca surviving as a subgenus of Harmothoe. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Lagisca Malmgren, 1865. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129494 on 2024-03-29
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Lagisca Malmgren, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129494 on 2024-03-29
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original description Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 65 [details]   

taxonomy source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2000). Revision of the Mediterranean species of <i>Harmothoe</i> Kinberg, 1856 and <i>Lagisca</i> Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 34(10): 1889-1938., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930050144783
page(s): 1915 [remarks under treatment of Harmothoe extenuata]; note: Probable synonym of Harmothoe [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   

additional source Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]   
 
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Etymology Lagisca is an ancient Greek female given name. Malmgren multiple times uses ancient Greek female names for new genera in his Nordiska Hafs-Annulater work. In this case it is known that Lagis appears as the name of a courtesan in the work "The Deipnosophists of Athenaeus", while Lagisca as the name of a mistress appears earlier and in the preceding sentence. [details]

Grammatical gender feminine as Lagisca is a Greek given name (see etymology) [details]

Status "Since Pettibone (1953) synonymized the type species of the genus Lagisca, L. rarispina (Sars, 1861), with H. extenuata, we doubt the validity of the genus Lagisca, being aware that only a complete revision of both genera could bring enough evidence for this hypothesis." (Barnich & Fiege, 2000: 1915). At least in that work, Pettibone does not seem to be aware of the effect of that claimed synonymy, the synonymies are not discussed, and it was not based on examination of type material, but rather based on literature. Additionally, if the names are synonyms, logically Polynoë extenuata (it is not the type species of Harmothoe) could equally move to Lagisca rather than remain in Harmothoe. So, as Barnich & Fiege indicate, more investigation is needed. Ten years later Pettibone (1963: 41) uses Harmothoe (Lagisca) extenuata, with Lagisca surviving as a subgenus of Harmothoe. [details]

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Authority Malmgren's work was published in volume 1865, but printed only in the year 1866 ! (R. Barnich) [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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