About | Search taxa | Taxon tree | Search literature | Specimens | Distribution | Checklist | Stats | Log in

Polychaeta name details

Paedophylax insignis Langerhans, 1879

238523  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238523)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 570, plate XXXII fig. 24a-c [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island (Portugal) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 32.64º, long. -16.9º).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.   
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.  [details]

Distribution Northeast Atlantic: Madeira Island.   
Distribution Northeast Atlantic: Madeira Island.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet insignis, Latin adjective meaning 'distinguished by a mark' or 'conspicuous', refers to the...  
Etymology The specific epithet insignis, Latin adjective meaning 'distinguished by a mark' or 'conspicuous', refers to the irregularly shaped brown-reddish pigment mark on the prostomium and peristomium, as well as to the two small marks of the same colour on the tip of the palps that distinguishes the species.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus.  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Paedophylax insignis Langerhans, 1879. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238523 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
created
2007-05-10 12:20:54Z
changed
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2015-05-01 18:29:57Z
changed
2015-09-09 09:55:13Z
changed

original description Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 570, plate XXXII fig. 24a-c [details]  OpenAccess publication 

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Musco, Luigi (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.  [details]

Distribution Northeast Atlantic: Madeira Island.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet insignis, Latin adjective meaning 'distinguished by a mark' or 'conspicuous', refers to the irregularly shaped brown-reddish pigment mark on the prostomium and peristomium, as well as to the two small marks of the same colour on the tip of the palps that distinguishes the species.  [details]

Habitat Among algae on the beach.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]

Type locality Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island (Portugal) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 32.64º, long. -16.9º).  [details]