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CaRMS taxon detailsFabricia Blainville, 1828
129529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129529)
accepted
Genus
marine,
recent only
feminine
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 439-440 [details]
Note Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774. However,...
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Type species Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774. However, Fauchald, 1977 incorrectly has the type species as Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg 1837. See the taxonomic history in Fitzhugh (1990). [details]
Etymology The etymology is somewhat convoluted but Blainville (1828: 439) evidently derived Fabricia (although it has a feminine...
Etymology The etymology is somewhat convoluted but Blainville (1828: 439) evidently derived Fabricia (although it has a feminine suffix) from Otto Fabricius whose name had been used (in the same feminine form) for Tubularia fabricia Müller, 1776, a junior synonym of Tubularia stellaris, the type species of Fabricia. Fabricius was a contemporary of Müller and authored Fauna Groenlandica. [details] Homonymy Fabricia Blainville, 1828 is the most senior of several (4) homonyms using Fabricia as a genus name. The next in seniority...
Homonymy Fabricia Blainville, 1828 is the most senior of several (4) homonyms using Fabricia as a genus name. The next in seniority is Fabricia Latreille, 1829 in Diptera (according to Neave's Nomenclator Zoologicus) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Fabricia Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129529 on 2026-03-12
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Fabricia Blainville, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129529 on 2026-03-12
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Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 439-440 [details] basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 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 Fitzhugh, Kirk. (2010). Revised systematics of <i>Fabricia oregonica</i> Banse, 1956 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae): an example of the need for a uninomial nomenclatural system. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2647(1): 35-50., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2647.1.3 page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors  status source Fitzhugh, K. (1990). A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 75: 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1990.10413437 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The etymology is somewhat convoluted but Blainville (1828: 439) evidently derived Fabricia (although it has a feminine suffix) from Otto Fabricius whose name had been used (in the same feminine form) for Tubularia fabricia Müller, 1776, a junior synonym of Tubularia stellaris, the type species of Fabricia. Fabricius was a contemporary of Müller and authored Fauna Groenlandica. [details]Grammatical gender Although derived from Fabricius (male name) the genus Fabricia is feminine. Blainvillle probably got the name from its use as a species-group name 'fabricia' which was agreeing with its genus of Tubularia. Authors have consistently created feminine adjectival names for Fabricia species since. [details] Homonymy Fabricia Blainville, 1828 is the most senior of several (4) homonyms using Fabricia as a genus name. The next in seniority is Fabricia Latreille, 1829 in Diptera (according to Neave's Nomenclator Zoologicus) [details] Type species Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774. However, Fauchald, 1977 incorrectly has the type species as Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg 1837. See the taxonomic history in Fitzhugh (1990). [details] |
