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Polychaeta name detailsMegascolex (Perichaeta) diffringens Baird, 1869
1067735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1067735)
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Baird, W. (1869). Description of a new Species of Earth‐worm (Megascolex diffringens) found in North Wales (p.40-43). Additional remarks on the Megascolex diffringens (p. 387-389). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> volume for 1869: 40-43, 387-389., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28662855
page(s): 40 [details] 
Note Evidently an introduced alien species as was...
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Type locality Evidently an introduced alien species as was found first in a "hot-bed for stove-plants in the garden of Plas Machynlleth in [Montgomeryshire] North Wales", and later in "a stove-bed for hothouse plants in the garden of Lady Cullum, at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk". Blakemore (2013: 100) visited the type locality homestead in Wales and collected 14 species of earthworm (he lists them) but there were no Amynthas diffringens found. [details]
Etymology Baird (1869) "they appear to be very brittle, many of them breaking off a portion of their body and then dying. I have...
Etymology Baird (1869) "they appear to be very brittle, many of them breaking off a portion of their body and then dying. I have named it Megascolex (Perichaeta) diffringens, from this habit of breaking into pieces." Latin diffringo is a verb meaning to break into pieces (Lewis & Short, 1891). [details]
Polychaeta (2024). Megascolex (Perichaeta) diffringens Baird, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067735 on 2024-07-14
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Baird, W. (1869). Description of a new Species of Earth‐worm (Megascolex diffringens) found in North Wales (p.40-43). Additional remarks on the Megascolex diffringens (p. 387-389). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> volume for 1869: 40-43, 387-389., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28662855
page(s): 40 [details] additional source Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda. , available online at https://nomenclatura-oligochaetologica.inhs.illinois.edu/ [details] source of synonymy Sims, R.W.; Gerard, B.M. (1999). Earthworms. Notes for the identification of British species. <em>Synopsis of the British Fauna (N. S).</em> 31 (revised) : i-viii + 1-169. page(s): 128 [details] From editor or global species database
Classification Despite the title of his article Baird (1869) placed his new taxon as Megascolex (Perichaeta) diffringens, in so doing reducing Schmarda's Perichaeta to a subgenus of Megascolex [details]Etymology Baird (1869) "they appear to be very brittle, many of them breaking off a portion of their body and then dying. I have named it Megascolex (Perichaeta) diffringens, from this habit of breaking into pieces." Latin diffringo is a verb meaning to break into pieces (Lewis & Short, 1891). [details] Type locality Evidently an introduced alien species as was found first in a "hot-bed for stove-plants in the garden of Plas Machynlleth in [Montgomeryshire] North Wales", and later in "a stove-bed for hothouse plants in the garden of Lady Cullum, at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk". Blakemore (2013: 100) visited the type locality homestead in Wales and collected 14 species of earthworm (he lists them) but there were no Amynthas diffringens found. [details] |