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Polychaeta name details

Nereis (Alitta) agnesiae Augener, 1918

338969  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338969)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 194-197, text-fig. XIV, plate III figs. 69-71, plate IV figs. 76-77 [details]   
Holotype  ZMH 8809-V, geounit Swakopmund  
Holotype ZMH 8809-V, geounit Swakopmund [details]
Type locality contained in Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Swakopmund, Namibia, SW Africa, Atlantic Ocean...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Swakopmund, Namibia, SW Africa, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -22.6744°, 14.5212°). [details]
Depth range Presumably intertidal to shallow water, as the type specimen was found on a buoy.  
Depth range Presumably intertidal to shallow water, as the type specimen was found on a buoy. [details]

Distribution SE Atlantic Ocean: Namibia.  
Distribution SE Atlantic Ocean: Namibia. [details]

Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The species is dedicated to a woman named Agnesi, but no further information is provided. Maybe the...  
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The species is dedicated to a woman named Agnesi, but no further information is provided. Maybe the same person honoured by Pierre Fauvel in 1928 with the species Goniadopsis agnesiae[details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus.  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Nereis (Alitta) agnesiae Augener, 1918. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338969 on 2024-03-29
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 194-197, text-fig. XIV, plate III figs. 69-71, plate IV figs. 76-77 [details]   

new combination reference Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 321; note: under a different subgenus, as Nereis (Neanthes) agnesiae Augener, 1918 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMH 8809-V, geounit Swakopmund [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Presumably intertidal to shallow water, as the type specimen was found on a buoy. [details]

Distribution SE Atlantic Ocean: Namibia. [details]

Etymology Not stated, uncertain. The species is dedicated to a woman named Agnesi, but no further information is provided. Maybe the same person honoured by Pierre Fauvel in 1928 with the species Goniadopsis agnesiae[details]

Habitat Type specimen found on a buoy, presumably at the sea level. [details]

Holotype Holotype and single type specimen deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Hamburg (ZMH 8809-V). [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]

Type locality Swakopmund, Namibia, SW Africa, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -22.6744°, 14.5212°). [details]