Cetacea source details
Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Delphinus phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Mammalia (original description)
Monodon Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Physeter Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Scolopendra marina is a pre-Linnaean errant marine annelid, first appearing as a descriptive name in Aristotle's ... [details]
Original description (Linnaeus, 1758) "Dwells in every sea easily, rendering the waters fiery, as it were, very ... [details]
On usage in Annelida. Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 belongs in Arthropoda: Myriapoda: Chilopoda, which are the ... [details]
Believed to be named after the name of the nymphs in Greek mythology. The Nereids (Greek: Νηρηΐδες ... [details]
Feminine. Linnaeus used feminine adjective 'pelagica' for the type species name. [details]
In a different code system Furia is also a valid genus of fungi (Furia ithacensis kills flies called Snipe flies). ... [details]
Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus 1746 cannot be an available name under ICZN Article 3.2, as it is pre-1758. For unknown ... [details]
Linnaeus (1758: 787) does not give a name for Serpula spirorbis from a preceding author, but he lists four relevant ... [details]
The species is originally spelled as Nereis lacustris in Linnaeus (1758: 654), but later misspelled as Nereis ... [details]
Fictional genus. Linnaeus attributed a mystery painful inflammation he experienced as a young man travelling in ... [details]
Fictional worm species arising from folklore and traveller anecdotes . Linnaeus attributed a mystery painful ... [details]
Linnaeus (1758) appears to be recording a bioluminescent worm. This would not be a nereidid as they are not capable ... [details]
Linnaeus (1758) established 'Lumbricus' for the unrelated taxa, L terrestris (earthworm) and L. marinus (marine ... [details]
Linnaeus used these four sources as a basis for Nereis caerulea. Using them no one could identify what the worm ... [details]
Unknown ("in oceano"-Linneaus, 1758: 655). [details]
World Ocean various. The locations from Linnaeus's sources are Holland, Jamaica, and China. The Hartman catalogue ... [details]
Sweden. Not indicated in Linnaeus (1758: 654), but Linnaeus (1767: 1085) points "Habitat in Paludibus argillosis ... [details]
In all oceans according to Linnaeus! He does not specify Swedish seas. However, as he included the species in his ... [details]
Malta. Author: "Habitat in M. Mediterraneo ad Melitam" [details]
Not stated in the original description [details]