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WoRMS name detailsAlcandra Kinberg, 1866
325681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325681)
unaccepted (subjective synonym, but perhaps indeterminable)
Genus
Alcandra robusta Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Leodamas robustus (Kinberg, 1866) (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
feminine
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 251 [details]
Etymology Alcandra, wife of Polybus, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. Kinberg based many names on people from Greek mythology
Etymology Alcandra, wife of Polybus, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. Kinberg based many names on people from Greek mythology [details] Status The type species was "in so far as is known" regarded as a Leodamas by Hartman (1957: 295), Blake (2017: 50) thus included...
Status The type species was "in so far as is known" regarded as a Leodamas by Hartman (1957: 295), Blake (2017: 50) thus included it in a Leodamas group of species, but he regarded it as incertae sedis, as it was a very short anterior fragment according to Hartman. This seems a realistic assignment. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Alcandra Kinberg, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325681 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 251 [details] From editor or global species database
Etymology Alcandra, wife of Polybus, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. Kinberg based many names on people from Greek mythology [details]Grammatical gender Alcandra is feminine as it is a name of a female in Greek mythology (the Odyssey) [details] Status The type species was "in so far as is known" regarded as a Leodamas by Hartman (1957: 295), Blake (2017: 50) thus included it in a Leodamas group of species, but he regarded it as incertae sedis, as it was a very short anterior fragment according to Hartman. This seems a realistic assignment. [details] |
