CaRMS taxon details
Polynoe Lamarck, 1818
129506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129506)
accepted
Genus
- Species Polynoe gracilis (Verrill, 1874)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 308 [details]
page(s): 308 [details]
Nomenclature Type species designated by plenary powers of ICZN to Polynoe scolopendrina Savigny, 1822, a species published subsequent to...
Nomenclature Type species designated by plenary powers of ICZN to Polynoe scolopendrina Savigny, 1822, a species published subsequent to the genus Polynoe Lamarck, 1818 [not Savigny, 1818]. This change to a species not included in the original description of the genus goes against the Code rule and is thus ill-advised. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Polynoe Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129506 on 2025-05-09
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Polynoe Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129506 on 2025-05-09
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action
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2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 308 [details]
taxonomy source Muir, A. I. (1979). Proposed use of the plenary powers to designate a type species for Polynoe Savigny [sic], 1818 Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Annelida: Polychaeta). Z.N.(S.) 2288. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 36(3): 187-190. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature [ICZN]. (1984). Polynoe Savigny [sic], 1818 (Annelida Polychaeta): type species designated under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 41(1):24-25.
note: Polynoe scolopendrina, designated type species of Polynoe Savigny [sic, should be Lamarck, 1818] [details] Available for editors
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 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]
page(s): 308 [details]
taxonomy source Muir, A. I. (1979). Proposed use of the plenary powers to designate a type species for Polynoe Savigny [sic], 1818 Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Annelida: Polychaeta). Z.N.(S.) 2288. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 36(3): 187-190. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature [ICZN]. (1984). Polynoe Savigny [sic], 1818 (Annelida Polychaeta): type species designated under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 41(1):24-25.
note: Polynoe scolopendrina, designated type species of Polynoe Savigny [sic, should be Lamarck, 1818] [details] Available for editors
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Although the ICZN Opinion (1984) attributes the authorship to Savigny, 1818, following Muir's (1979) application, this is incorrect. Lamarck (1818) is the author. See eg. the discussion on page 101 in Bieler & Petit (2011 Catalogue of Recent and fossil "worm-snail" taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa (2948): 1-103, and also the comments in Solis-Weiss et al (2004) regarding the Lamarck/Savigny situation.[details]
Nomenclature Type species designated by plenary powers of ICZN to Polynoe scolopendrina Savigny, 1822, a species published subsequent to the genus Polynoe Lamarck, 1818 [not Savigny, 1818]. This change to a species not included in the original description of the genus goes against the Code rule and is thus ill-advised. [details]
Spelling The Hartman catalogue (1959: 98) for unknown reasons, but perhaps influenced by usages, has the main entry for Polynoe with an e-diaeresis (Polynoë), and the only variant spelling as Polinoe, but by 1965 in the supplement p.11 Hartman was using the code-required plain Polynoe. Lamarck had originally used Polynoe as the Latin spelling and Polynoë as the colloquial French spelling. Carrington (1865) created the variant spelling Polynoa, or perhaps was following Quatrefages (1857) who had used it in the English translation of his "The rambles of a naturalist on the coasts of France, Spain, and Sicily". Others have also used 'Polynoa", and Neave (Nomen. Zool.) wrongly credits Carrington for the first usage of Polynoa, while clearly indicating it was a mistake for Polynoe. [details]
