World Register of Deep-Sea species - Nemidia regalis Benham, 1927

Deep-Sea name details

Nemidia regalis Benham, 1927

AphiaID

329492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329492)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded recombination)

Accepted name

Polynoe regalis (Benham, 1927)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nemidia Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Enipo Malmgren, 1865

Original name

Nemidia regalis Benham, 1927

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 67-71 plate A [plate I] figs 14-20 [details]

Type data

Note New Zealand, off Three Kings Island

From editor or global species database

Type locality New Zealand, off Three Kings Island [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nemidia regalis Benham, 1927. 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=329492 on 2026-09-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nemidia regalis Benham, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329492 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2019-02-25 23:51:04Z

changed

Wilson, Robin

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original description Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 67-71 plate A [plate I] figs 14-20 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

new combination reference Glasby, C.J. and Read, Geoffrey B. 1998. A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(3): 347-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1998.9517570
page(s): 361 [details]

From editor or global species database

Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]

Type locality New Zealand, off Three Kings Island [details]

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To ITIS