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): 94 [details]
taxonomy source
Kato, Tetsuya; Pleijel, Fredrik. (2003). A revision of <i>Paranaitis</i> Southern, 1914 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 138(4): 379-429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00069.x
page(s): 379-380 [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]
source of synonymy
Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787
page(s): 66-67 [details]
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Etymology The generic name Anaitis derives from the mythology, designating an Iranian goddess, 'Anahita', referred by the Greek and Roman historians of classical antiquity as 'Anaitis'. [details]
Synonymy Southern (1914) noted that the name Anaitis was preoccupied by Anaitis Duponchel, 1829 (in Godart & Duponchel, 1829) in Lepidoptera (Insecta), and proposed the replacement name Paranaitis. Apparently, Southern's comment passed by unnoticed, since most authors continued to use Anaitis for the phyllodocid taxon, treating it as a subgenus of Phyllodoce Lamarck, 1818. Not until the publication of Hartman's (1959) catalogue did Paranaitis come into current use. [details]