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Polychaeta name detailsPotamilla (Potamethus) Chamberlin, 1919
1668514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1668514)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded rank downgrade to subgenus)
Subgenus
Potamis spathiferus Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887) (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
(of Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 471 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamilla (Potamethus) Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1668514 on 2026-05-13
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original description
(of Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 471 [details] new combination reference Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852 page(s): 125-126; note: From Day (1973: 126): "Ehlers referred his specimens to Potamis but as this was preoccupied in the Lepidoptera, Chamberlin (1919) proposed a new name Potamethus. This appears so close to... From Day (1973: 126): "Ehlers referred his specimens to Potamis but as this was preoccupied in the Lepidoptera, Chamberlin (1919) proposed a new name Potamethus. This appears so close to Potamilla that I have accorded it the rank of a subgenus."
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