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Porifera source details

Name

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.

SourceID

382450

DOI

10.5962/bhl.title.59167 [view]

Authors

Bosc, L.A.G.

Year

1802

Title

Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature.

Journal

Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.

Suffix

3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324.

Type

Publication

Link

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184

Note

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.

Full text

Bosc 1802 histoirenaturell31802bosc.pdf

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Ascidiacea
Cnidaria
Polychaeta
Porifera

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2020-07-01 10:34:06Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2022-03-21 15:54:44Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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Taxa (14)
Notes (12)

Authority

for Lepidonote armadillo (Bosc, 1802) sensu Leidy, 1855

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

Authority

for Serpula quinquecostata (Daudin, 1800)

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

Classification

for Serpula quinquecostata (Daudin, 1800)

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

Description

for Nais auricularia Bosc, 1802

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

Diagnosis

for Polydora Bosc, 1802

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

Etymology

for Polydora Bosc, 1802

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

Etymology

for Serpula hexagona Bosc, 1802

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

Grammatical gender

for Polydora Bosc, 1802

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

Nomenclature

for Thalassema rupium Lamarck, 1801

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

Spelling

for Hirudo tessulata O. F. Müller, 1773

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

Status

for Serpula hexagona Bosc, 1802

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

Type locality

for Serpula hexagona Bosc, 1802

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