Polychaeta name details
original description
Ashworth, James Hartley. (1903). The anatomy of Arenicola assimilis, Ehlers, and of a new variety of the species, with some observations on the post-larval stages. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> (new series) 46(184): 737-785., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45628216 page(s): 754; note: Otago Harbour, New Zealand [details]
source of synonymy
Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01858.x [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy recombined into genus Abarenicola Wells, 1959 [details]
Type locality Otago Harbour, New Zealand, and Macquarie Harbour, Macquarie Island. Ashworth names the New Zealand specimens as Arenicola assimilis affinis. In a separate section on post-larval Arenicola from the Falkland Islands he includes the specimens in A. assimilis affinis, thus possibly adding the distant Falklands to the type localities. However, this section comes after he names the New Zealand specimens as var 'affinis' so it appears unnecessary to include Falkland Islands as contributing part of the types for var 'affinis' [details]From other sources
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
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