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Polychaeta name details

Lycastis hawaiiensis Johnson, 1903

337278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337278)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 210-212, plate XVI figs. 11-13, plate XVII figs. 17-23 [details] 
Note Type material from two freshwater locations in...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Type material from two freshwater locations in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean: one a spring near Honolulu (Oahu Island), and the other an unknown locality in the Hawaiian Islands. [details]
Altitude Unknown.  
Altitude Unknown. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Java, Indonesia.  
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Java, Indonesia. [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet hawaiiensis refers obviously to the type locality of the species, the Hawaiian Islands.  
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet hawaiiensis refers obviously to the type locality of the species, the Hawaiian Islands. [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus.  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Lycastis hawaiiensis Johnson, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337278 on 2026-10-14
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original description 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): 210-212, plate XVI figs. 11-13, plate XVII figs. 17-23 [details] 

additional source Horst, Rutger. (1909). On fresh-water Nereids from the Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg, belonging to <i>Lycastis hawaiiensis</i> Johnson. <em>Bulletin du Département de l'Agriculture aux Indes Néerlandaises.</em> 25: 10-13., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52530878
page(s): 10-12, fig. 145 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy 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): 246; note: with Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1872) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002
page(s): 163-164; note: as Namalycastis hawaiiensis (Johnson, 1903) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Altitude Unknown. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Java, Indonesia. [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet hawaiiensis refers obviously to the type locality of the species, the Hawaiian Islands. [details]

Habitat Freshwater. [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]

Type locality Type material from two freshwater locations in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean: one a spring near Honolulu (Oahu Island), and the other an unknown locality in the Hawaiian Islands. [details]