Polychaeta name details
original description
Baird, William. (1868 [volume for 1870]). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of annelides belonging to the Amphinomacea, with a list of the known species, and a description of several new species (belonging to the group) contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. To which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript annulose animals of a larval character. [published 26 November, 1868]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 10(44): 215-250, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588091 page(s): 235, no figures; note: as "var. a. pallida" of Chloeia pulchella from Raine's Islet, North Australia, collected by J. B. Jukes [details] 
source of synonymy
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Revision of <em>Chloeia</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5238(1): 1-134., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5238.1.1 page(s): 97; note: regarded as not a distinct subspecies from the species (collected from the same place) [details] Available for editors [request]
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Taxonomy named by Baird (1868: 235) as "var. a. pallida" of Chloeia pulchella from Raine's Islet, North Australia, collected by J. B. Jukes. Characterised by "peculiar marks on the dorsal surface of the segments", but Baird does not illustrate the specimen, or further describe the "peculiar marks". Salazar-Vallejo (2023) included this subspecies name as not distinct within C. pulchella [details]
Type locality Raines Islet [today known as Raine Island], northern Australia, gazetteer location at -11.5904, 144.0354 [details]Unreviewed
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
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