WoRMS name details
original description
Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374 page(s): 84 [details]
taxonomy source
Costa, Achille. (1867). Illustrazione Iconografica degli Anellidi rari o poco conosciuti del Golfo di Napoli (Continuazion). <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli [for year 1864].</em> 4: 52-56, plate 4 (fig.1a-g)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823466 page(s): 53; note: Costa uses the combination Monocolea tessellata for the first time although he introduced genus and species (as Polynoe tessellata) in 1862 [details]
source of synonymy
Claparède, R.-É. (1868). Les annelides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. pp. 499 plus 31 plates, Ramboz et Schuchardt, Genève., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48090491 page(s): 66; note: Junior to Polynoe. [details]
status source
McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 page(s): 342; note: repeats Claparède that the species is a Polynoe lunulata [details]
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Etymology Not stated. We may assume Mono- comes from Greek meaning single and -colea from Greek 'koleus' or Latin 'coleus' meaning sheath, thus single sheath referring to the supposed single anterior elytron. The more familiar Greek 'elytron' also mean sheath or shield, but perhaps would not work so well combined with mono. [details]
Synonymy Despite the apparent unique single first elytron of Polynoe tessellata, leading to the creation of genus Monocolea, Claparède (1868: 66 (alternate 376)) soon synonymized Polynoe tessellata Costa with Polynoe lunulata, saying Costa had made a mistake. See Monocolea tessellata for Costa's plate figure 1 of the anterior. [details]
Taxonomy Costa uses the combination Monocolea tessellata for the first time in 1867 although he introduced genus and species (as Polynoe tessellata) in 1862. This resulted in the incorrect listing in the Hartman catalogue (1959: 94) as Monocolea tessellata Costa, 1867, as if a new species, although Hartman also has Polynoe tessellata Costa, 1862 on her page 106. Both are referred to Harmothoe lunulata of Delle Chiaje, 1830 (was Polynoe, now Malmgrenia) [details]
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