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Polychaeta name detailsLycastoides alticola Johnson, 1903
328948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328948)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (type lost & incomplete description)
Species
Namanereis alticola (Johnson, 1903) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
recent only
Johnson, Herbert Parlin 1903. Fresh-water nereids from the Pacific coast and Hawaii, with remarks on fresh-water Polychaeta in general. 205-222. <i>In.</i> Mark Anniversary Volume. To Edward Laurens Mark, Hersey professor of anatomy and director of the zoölogical laboratory at Harvard university, in celebration of twenty-five years of successful work for the advancement of zoölogy from his former students, 1877-1902. Henry Holt & Co. New York., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1324600
page(s): 212-214, plate XVI figs. 14-16, plate XVII figs. 24-27 [details]
Type locality contained in Baja California Sur
type locality contained in Baja California Sur [details]
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Type locality Mexico, Baja California, Sierra de la Laguna, freshwater in a mountain stream, 7000 ft above sea level (2133.6 m). More precise data is not available. The highest point of Sierra de la Laguna is 6857 ft (2090 m; approximative geocoordinates lat. 23.539º, long. -109.955º), for which reason the altitude of the type locality must be considered only as approximative. [details]
Altitude About 7000 ft (2133.6 m).
Altitude About 7000 ft (2133.6 m). [details] Distribution Mexico, Baja California, Sierra de la Laguna, freshwater in a mountain stream, about 7000 ft above sea level (2133.6 m;...
Distribution Mexico, Baja California, Sierra de la Laguna, freshwater in a mountain stream, about 7000 ft above sea level (2133.6 m; geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximatively lat. 23.539º, long. -109.955º). Only known from the type locality. [details] Etymology The specific epithet alticola is presumably composed by the Latin adjective altus, meaning 'high', followed by the suffix...
Etymology The specific epithet alticola is presumably composed by the Latin adjective altus, meaning 'high', followed by the suffix of Latin origin -cola, meaning 'inhabitant', and seems to make reference to the type locality of the species, at high altitude. [details] Nomenclature Alves et al (2018: 203) state "Since L. alticola was the only taxon of the genus Lycastoides then it [Lycastoides] becomes...
Nomenclature Alves et al (2018: 203) state "Since L. alticola was the only taxon of the genus Lycastoides then it [Lycastoides] becomes a junior synonym of Namanereis" when L alticola is recombined to Namanereis alticola. However, this is not possible as Lycastoides is the senior genus. [details] Taxonomy Type is missing, description is deficient. Said to be similar to Namanereis cavernicola (Solis-Weiss & Espinasa, 1991) by...
Taxonomy Type is missing, description is deficient. Said to be similar to Namanereis cavernicola (Solis-Weiss & Espinasa, 1991) by Glasby (1999:27), in which case it would be senior. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Lycastoides alticola Johnson, 1903. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328948 on 2026-08-06
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Johnson, Herbert Parlin 1903. Fresh-water nereids from the Pacific coast and Hawaii, with remarks on fresh-water Polychaeta in general. 205-222. <i>In.</i> Mark Anniversary Volume. To Edward Laurens Mark, Hersey professor of anatomy and director of the zoölogical laboratory at Harvard university, in celebration of twenty-five years of successful work for the advancement of zoölogy from his former students, 1877-1902. Henry Holt & Co. New York., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1324600
page(s): 212-214, plate XVI figs. 14-16, plate XVII figs. 24-27 [details] additional source Foster, Nancy. (1972). Freshwater polychaetes (Annelida) of North America. <em>Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems. Identification Manual.</em> 4: viii + 15., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4023 page(s): 5, 10, fig. 5d [details] Available for editors  [request]redescription Glasby, C.J. (1999). The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1. Taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.</em> 25: 1-129., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.25.1999.1354 page(s): 25-28, fig. 9 [details] new combination reference Alves, Paulo Ricardo; Glasby, Christopher J.; Santos, Cinthya Simone Gomes. (2018). On the use of troglomorphic characters in Namanereidinae (Annelida; Nereididae) systematics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4531(2): 195-210., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4531.2.2 page(s): 203; note: Authors recombine to Namanereis alticola, but this is not possible as Lycastoides is the senior genus. [details] Available for editors [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Altitude About 7000 ft (2133.6 m). [details]Distribution Mexico, Baja California, Sierra de la Laguna, freshwater in a mountain stream, about 7000 ft above sea level (2133.6 m; geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximatively lat. 23.539º, long. -109.955º). Only known from the type locality. [details] Etymology The specific epithet alticola is presumably composed by the Latin adjective altus, meaning 'high', followed by the suffix of Latin origin -cola, meaning 'inhabitant', and seems to make reference to the type locality of the species, at high altitude. [details] Habitat Freshwater in a mountain stream, about 7000 ft above sea level (2133.6 m). [details] Nomenclature Alves et al (2018: 203) state "Since L. alticola was the only taxon of the genus Lycastoides then it [Lycastoides] becomes a junior synonym of Namanereis" when L alticola is recombined to Namanereis alticola. However, this is not possible as Lycastoides is the senior genus. [details] Taxonomy Type is missing, description is deficient. Said to be similar to Namanereis cavernicola (Solis-Weiss & Espinasa, 1991) by Glasby (1999:27), in which case it would be senior. [details] Type locality Mexico, Baja California, Sierra de la Laguna, freshwater in a mountain stream, 7000 ft above sea level (2133.6 m). More precise data is not available. The highest point of Sierra de la Laguna is 6857 ft (2090 m; approximative geocoordinates lat. 23.539º, long. -109.955º), for which reason the altitude of the type locality must be considered only as approximative. [details] |