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Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville. 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324.
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Bosc, L.A.G.
1802
Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature.
Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.
3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324.
Publication
The 3 volumes of Bosc have separate records. Created for Ascidiacea: volume 3 only. [Do not use for Annelida: Polychaeta, which are only in volume 1, see volume 1 source record] BHL have two sets of Bosc
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
BHL DOI links to a microfilmed copy, and the plates are only black & white. A second version is at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39123389 There is also a third BHL set (Vol.1 link), but it looks like the plates have been removed from this copy
According to Graff (1899; p.3) the year of publication of this publication is 1801; the attached PDF is the second edition of 1830.
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Spongia aculeata Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia canalium Schröter, 1788 accepted as Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia cancellata Sowerby, 1806 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (additional source)
Spongia ciliata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (additional source)
Spongia coronata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (additional source)
Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia flabelliformis Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Ianthella flabelliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia muricata Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Trikentrion muricatum (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia oculata Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 represented as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (additional source)
Spongia peziza Bosc, 1802 accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (original description)
Spongia tubulosa Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Siphonochalina tubulosa (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Spongia ventilabra Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Phakellia ventilabrum (Linnaeus, 1767) (additional source)
 Authority

As can be seen from the description by Leidy (see image) here he was correctly recombining Aphrodita armadillo Bosc ... [details]

 Authority

Hartman catalogue (1959:597) gives the combination Serpula quinquecostata as an original name authored by Bosc ... [details]

 Classification

Daudin (1800) originally named the taxon in Vermetus (Mollusca), although he seemed aware it was a serpulid. Bosc ... [details]

 Description

Described by Bosc as: "This species is frequently found in the mud on the Carolina coast, where it was observed by ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Bosc (1802: 150): "Corps alongé, articulé, à anneaux nombreux, garnis de chaque côté ... [details]

 Etymology

The genus is named after Polydora, one of the Oceanides of the Ancient Greek mythology, minor goddesses and water ... [details]

 Etymology

Bosc described the tube of Serpula hexagona as "montrant la moitié d'un prisme hexagone …", and the name is a ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

Feminine. Bosc named Polydora for a water nymph of Greek mythology. [details]

 Nomenclature

Lamarck (1801, p. 329) noted "Thalassema rupium. n. Lumbricus thalassema. Lin. Pall. Spicil. Zool. 10, p. 10, t. 1, ... [details]

 Spelling

There are subsequent misspellings in which tessulata is changed to tessellata, for example in Bosc (1802) [details]

 Status

Zibrowius (1971:699) states that Serpula hexagona is indeterminable and does not match Hydroides dianthus, but that ... [details]

 Type locality

Charleston Harbour, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, gazetteer 32.8186° -79.9279°  [details]



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