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original description
Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1831). Zoophytes In: Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier : ou, Représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus et souvent non encore figurées de chaque genre d'animaux. <em>[Book, 3 volumes].</em> volume 2 & 3. B. Baillière (1829-1844)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27814151 page(s): Plate 11, figure caption, figures 1-6; note: No description, name and figures only. [details]
additional source
Wilson, Chas B. (1900). Our North-American echiurids. A contribution to the habits and geographical range of the group. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 1(4): 163–178., available online at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.2307/1535585 page(s): 170, figure 1-4; note: record, description, biology notes for Casco Bay, Maine coast, North America ... record, description, biology notes for Casco Bay, Maine coast, North America
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From editor or global species database
Biology Wilson (1900) has an observation on swimming by Echiurus echiurus from Maine (here called Echiurus pallasii): "on visiting an aquarium after dark during the second summer, to find three or four specimens swimming about in it freely" in a gyratory or corkscrew motion [details]
Nomenclature See notes under Echiurus genus for the circumstances of this name, but, while the new genus is required, the species name is an unnecessary replacement species name for Lumbricus echiurus Pallas, now Echiurus echiurus. It is impossible to say if Echiurus pallasii Guérin-Méneville, 1831 was illustrated from new material or simply a modified figure copied from elements of the Pallas original figures. If the latter then Echiurus pallasi would be an objective synonym. [details]
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