Deep-Sea taxon details
Namalycastis Hartman, 1959
129376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129376)
accepted
Genus
- Species Namalycastis profundus Hartman, 1965 accepted as Rullierinereis profunda (Hartman, 1965) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002
page(s): 163; note: with type designated as "Paranereis abiuma" [details] Available for editors
page(s): 163; note: with type designated as "Paranereis abiuma" [details] Available for editors
Note The type species as named by Hartman was as...
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Type species The type species as named by Hartman was as "Paranereis abiuma" Müller in Grube, 1871, but this appears to be a misunderstanding of Grube's article, and she should have instead used tbe binomen Lycastis abiuma Grube, 1872. [details]
Etymology The generic name was stated to be composed of the Greek word Nama, meaning 'spring' or 'stream', and the name of the genus...
Nomenclature Hartman (1959) states Namalycastis is a 'new name' (rather than labelling it as a new genus), seemingly implying it is a...
Etymology The generic name was stated to be composed of the Greek word Nama, meaning 'spring' or 'stream', and the name of the genus Lycastis Savigny, 1822, an unavailable name previously including some fresh-water nereid species now included under Namalycastis (Glasby, 1999: 28). Additionally the Lycastis part of the compound name appears to derive from the feminine Greek personal name Lykaste or Lycaste. [details]
Nomenclature Hartman (1959) states Namalycastis is a 'new name' (rather than labelling it as a new genus), seemingly implying it is a...
Nomenclature Hartman (1959) states Namalycastis is a 'new name' (rather than labelling it as a new genus), seemingly implying it is a replacement for Lycastis, but it is a new genus. As Hartman was aware, Chamberlin (1919) had (very briefly) proposed Namanereis for the "Lycastis" group of nereidids, with Lycastis quadraticeps Gay as the type. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Namalycastis Hartman, 1959. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129376 on 2026-02-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Namalycastis Hartman, 1959. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129376 on 2026-02-03
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002
page(s): 163; note: with type designated as "Paranereis abiuma" [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Alves, Paulo Ricardo; Santos, Cinthya Simone Gomes. (2016). Description of a new species of <em>Namalycastis </em>(Annelida: Nereididae: Namanereidinae) from the Brazilian coast with a phylogeny of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4144(4): 499-514., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.3
note: morphological phylogeny [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299 [details]
additional source 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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
redescription Glasby, C.J. (1999). The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1. Taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.</em> 25: 1-129., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.25.1999.1354
page(s): 28 [details]
redescription Conde-Vela, V. M. (2013). <em>Namalycastis occulta</em> n. sp. and a new record of <em>N. borealis</em> (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Namanereidinae) from the Northwestern Caribbean Sea. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3721(5): 475., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3721.5.3
page(s): 474 [details]
identification resource Magesh, Mathan; Kvist, Sebastian; Glasby, Christopher J. (2012). Description and phylogeny of <i>Namalycastis jaya</i> sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 238: 31-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 163; note: with type designated as "Paranereis abiuma" [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Alves, Paulo Ricardo; Santos, Cinthya Simone Gomes. (2016). Description of a new species of <em>Namalycastis </em>(Annelida: Nereididae: Namanereidinae) from the Brazilian coast with a phylogeny of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4144(4): 499-514., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.3
note: morphological phylogeny [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299 [details]
additional source 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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
redescription Glasby, C.J. (1999). The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1. Taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.</em> 25: 1-129., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.25.1999.1354
page(s): 28 [details]
redescription Conde-Vela, V. M. (2013). <em>Namalycastis occulta</em> n. sp. and a new record of <em>N. borealis</em> (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Namanereidinae) from the Northwestern Caribbean Sea. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3721(5): 475., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3721.5.3
page(s): 474 [details]
identification resource Magesh, Mathan; Kvist, Sebastian; Glasby, Christopher J. (2012). Description and phylogeny of <i>Namalycastis jaya</i> sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 238: 31-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The generic name was stated to be composed of the Greek word Nama, meaning 'spring' or 'stream', and the name of the genus Lycastis Savigny, 1822, an unavailable name previously including some fresh-water nereid species now included under Namalycastis (Glasby, 1999: 28). Additionally the Lycastis part of the compound name appears to derive from the feminine Greek personal name Lykaste or Lycaste. [details]Grammatical gender Not stated by Hartman (1959), but it is feminine as Lycastis is derived from a feminine personal name [details]
Nomenclature Hartman (1959) states Namalycastis is a 'new name' (rather than labelling it as a new genus), seemingly implying it is a replacement for Lycastis, but it is a new genus. As Hartman was aware, Chamberlin (1919) had (very briefly) proposed Namanereis for the "Lycastis" group of nereidids, with Lycastis quadraticeps Gay as the type. [details]
Type species The type species as named by Hartman was as "Paranereis abiuma" Müller in Grube, 1871, but this appears to be a misunderstanding of Grube's article, and she should have instead used tbe binomen Lycastis abiuma Grube, 1872. [details]
