Polychaeta name details
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1879). 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 I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133 page(s): 174; note: No description. A single sentence states the name Lumbriconereis obtusa Verrill is preoccupied (a junior homonym) [details] 
original description
(of Lumbriconereis obtusa Verrill, 1874) Verrill, Addison Emery. (1874). Explorations of Casco Bay by the U.S. Fish Commission in 1873. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 22: 340-395, 6 plates., available online at http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsamer11sciegoog#page/n594/mode/2up page(s): 383; note: Casco Bay [details] 
status source
Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950 page(s): 139; note: Checklist mention that L hebes Verrill 1874 replaces L obtusa Verrill 1874 (for homonymy) [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Verrill (1894: 174) in a single sentence states the name Lumbriconereis obtusa Verrill is preoccupied (a junior homonym). He writes "The name obtusa having been preoccupied in this genus, the above name [Lumbrinereis hebes Verrill) is proposed as a substitute. There is no 'original description'. [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Generic name corrected [details]
Type locality Casco Bay, Maine [details]
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