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Polychaeta name detailsLycastis meraukensis Horst, 1918
337282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337282)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Lycastis Savigny, 1822 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine,
recent only
Horst, Rutger. (1918). On a species of <i>Lycastis</i> and three aberrant forms of Nereidae from the Dutch East Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 4(15): 246-250., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319388
page(s): 246-247 [details] 
Type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type locality SE Asia, New Guinea [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet meraukensis refers to the type locality of the species, Merauke,...
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet meraukensis refers to the type locality of the species, Merauke, Indonesia, Western New Guinea: "Dr. J . W . R. Koch, member of the New-Guinea expedition of the Kon. Nederl. Aardrijkskundig Genootschap in 1904, found at Merauke in decayed wood of the Sago-palm 9 specimens of this worm" (Horst, 1918: 246). [details] Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Lycastis meraukensis Horst, 1918. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337282 on 2024-04-23
Date action by
original description
Horst, Rutger. (1918). On a species of <i>Lycastis</i> and three aberrant forms of Nereidae from the Dutch East Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 4(15): 246-250., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319388
page(s): 246-247 [details] source of synonymy Silva, P. H. D. H. 1961. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. Spolia Zeylanica, 29(2): 164-194. [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet meraukensis refers to the type locality of the species, Merauke, Indonesia, Western New Guinea: "Dr. J . W . R. Koch, member of the New-Guinea expedition of the Kon. Nederl. Aardrijkskundig Genootschap in 1904, found at Merauke in decayed wood of the Sago-palm 9 specimens of this worm" (Horst, 1918: 246). [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]Type locality SE Asia, New Guinea [details] |