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Polychaeta name detailsNeomeris Costa, 1844
325923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325923)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Neomeris urophylla Costa, 1844 accepted as Ophelia radiata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
Costa, Oronzio Gabrielle. (1844). Sul sistema circolatore ed altre particolarita della Neomeris urophylla (Nuove genere di Annelide). <em>Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti.</em> 2: 81-87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9240573
note: Neomeris urophylla new genus, new species [details]
Note Unspecified coast of Italy, Mediterranean Sea
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unspecified coast of Italy, Mediterranean Sea [details]
Homonymy Neomeris Costa, 1844 appears to be the senior homonym of applications of the genus name in Animalia. According to...
Homonymy Neomeris Costa, 1844 appears to be the senior homonym of applications of the genus name in Animalia. According to Nomenclator zoologicus Neomeris Rafinesque, 1815 is an older animal genus name but is a nomen nudum, thus unavailable. The next Neomeris is Neomeris Gray, 1846, which is a cetacean, and has now the replacement name Neophocaena. Noting that there is also a moderately large plant genus Neomeris J.V.Lamouroux, 1816 in Chlorophyta which may be encountered in this database also. Although potentially confusing, plant names identical to animal names cannot be senior homonyms that affect zoological code names. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Neomeris Costa, 1844. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325923 on 2026-03-08
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original description
Costa, Oronzio Gabrielle. (1844). Sul sistema circolatore ed altre particolarita della Neomeris urophylla (Nuove genere di Annelide). <em>Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti.</em> 2: 81-87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9240573
note: Neomeris urophylla new genus, new species [details] source of synonymy Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110 page(s): 24; note: Neomeris urophylla is included in the synonymy listing for Ophelia radiata, which Claparède says is the sole Ophelia known for the golfe of Naples. [details] status source 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. page(s): 432; note: checklist listing as synonym of Ophelia, with its type species Neomeris urophylla listed as a synonym of Ophelia radiata [details] Available for editors  [request]From editor or global species database
Homonymy Neomeris Costa, 1844 appears to be the senior homonym of applications of the genus name in Animalia. According to Nomenclator zoologicus Neomeris Rafinesque, 1815 is an older animal genus name but is a nomen nudum, thus unavailable. The next Neomeris is Neomeris Gray, 1846, which is a cetacean, and has now the replacement name Neophocaena. Noting that there is also a moderately large plant genus Neomeris J.V.Lamouroux, 1816 in Chlorophyta which may be encountered in this database also. Although potentially confusing, plant names identical to animal names cannot be senior homonyms that affect zoological code names. [details]Synonymy Claparède (1869) included Neomeris urophylla in the synonymy listing for Ophelia radiata (Delle Chiaje, 1828), which Claparède says is the sole Ophelia known for the Golfe de Naples [details] Type locality Unspecified coast of Italy, Mediterranean Sea [details] |