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WoRMS name detailsSabella picta Verrill, 1885
331603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331603)
unaccepted (invalid as an unreplaced primary homonym, even though later recombined as Chone picta)
Species
marine,
recent only
Verrill, A.E. (1885). Notice of recent additions to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part V. Annelida, Echinodermata, Hydroida, Tunicata. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 8(27-28): 424-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15383364
page(s): 440, no figures; note: off Martha's Vineyard and off Point Judith, Rhode Island, Massachusetts [details] 
Note Atlantic Ocean, off Newport, Rhode Island
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off Newport, Rhode Island [details]
Homonymy Sabella picta Verrill, 1885 is a junior primary homonym to Sabella picta Krøyer, 1856. Neither remain in Sabella but...
Homonymy Sabella picta Verrill, 1885 is a junior primary homonym to Sabella picta Krøyer, 1856. Neither remain in Sabella but nevertheless Sabella picta and any subsequent combinations are invalid. A replacement name is needed. Tovar‐Hernández (2007: 545) used Chone picta as a valid combination, but this is not possible under the Code. [details] Taxonomy Bush (1905: 216) does not recombine Sabella picta into Chone, but she goes close. She suggests the species belongs in her...
Taxonomy Bush (1905: 216) does not recombine Sabella picta into Chone, but she goes close. She suggests the species belongs in her genus Metachone (created for Metachone mollis and a genus later regarded as not distinct from Chone). She writes that "The species described and figured by Verrill (1885) as Sabella picta is a Metachone." As she does not use the name "Metachone picta" we cannot record that combination, Hartman (1942: 87) does not mention Sabella picta, but she transfers Metachone mollis to Chone. In a separate 1942 article Hartman synonymizes Sabella picta with Chone infundibuliformis Kroyer. These two associations with Chone might be why she later in her catalogue (1959) refers Sabella picta Verrill to Chone as a recombination. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella picta Verrill, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331603 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Verrill, A.E. (1885). Notice of recent additions to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part V. Annelida, Echinodermata, Hydroida, Tunicata. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 8(27-28): 424-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15383364 page(s): 440, no figures; note: off Martha's Vineyard and off Point Judith, Rhode Island, Massachusetts [details] Taxonomysource of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1942). The identity of some marine annelid worms in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 92(3142): 101-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15766789
page(s): 136; note: suggests synonymy with Chone infundibuliformis [details] Available for editors  [request]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): 563; note: Checklist entry, homonymy noted, placed as Chone picta [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Sabella picta Verrill, 1885 is a junior primary homonym to Sabella picta Krøyer, 1856. Neither remain in Sabella but nevertheless Sabella picta and any subsequent combinations are invalid. A replacement name is needed. Tovar‐Hernández (2007: 545) used Chone picta as a valid combination, but this is not possible under the Code. [details]Taxonomy Bush (1905: 216) does not recombine Sabella picta into Chone, but she goes close. She suggests the species belongs in her genus Metachone (created for Metachone mollis and a genus later regarded as not distinct from Chone). She writes that "The species described and figured by Verrill (1885) as Sabella picta is a Metachone." As she does not use the name "Metachone picta" we cannot record that combination, Hartman (1942: 87) does not mention Sabella picta, but she transfers Metachone mollis to Chone. In a separate 1942 article Hartman synonymizes Sabella picta with Chone infundibuliformis Kroyer. These two associations with Chone might be why she later in her catalogue (1959) refers Sabella picta Verrill to Chone as a recombination. [details] Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off Newport, Rhode Island [details] |
