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Name

Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of Scolelepis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 76: 89-104.

SourceID

51341

Authors

Pettibone, Marian H.

Year

1963

Title

Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>

Journal

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Suffix

76: 89-104

Type

Publication

Link

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

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Abstract

[None. Introduction starts as:]
In reviewing the Spionidae from the New England region, the genera have proved to be particularly difficult. The characters that have been used to distinguish some of them are questionable. The same generic names have sometimes been based on different type species and so used in dissimilar senses. Monographic works on the Spionidae by Mesnil (1896) and Söderström (1920) have added considerably to our knowledge of the group but they are in disagreement on some basic points in regard to generic names. An attempt is made in the present paper to lessen the generic confusion that has prevailed in two groups of spionids: those with branchiae and pointed prostomia, and those with branchiae and distinct frontal horns.

Geographical term

North-western Atlantic

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Taxa (1)
Notes (9)

Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (additional source)

Depth range

for Scolelepis (Nerinides) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963

Low water to about 18 m. [details]

Distribution

for Scolelepis (Nerinides) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963

Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of St. Lawrence (Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick); Massachusetts (Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole). [details]

Etymology

for Scolelepis (Nerinides) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963

From Pettibone (1963: 98): "The species is named for E. L. Bousfield of the National Museum of Canada." [details]

Habitat

for Scolelepis (Nerinides) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963

In muddy and sandy sediments, with detritus, stones, shells or dead eelgrass, at shallow water. [details]

Homonymy

for Pseudonerine Augener, 1926

Pseudonerine Augener, 1926 is a junior homonym to Pseudonerine Czerniavsky, 1881, erected for Nerine macrochaeta ... [details]

New combination

for Aonides diverapoda Hoagland, 1920

Pettibone (1963) examined the type and stated: "Aonides diverapoda Hoagland, 1920, from the Philippine Islands, ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages, 1843

Not a Malacoceros. Often regarded as a synonym of Scolelepis squamata, possibly correctly (e.g. Pettibone, 1963). ... [details]

Type locality

for Scolelepis (Nerinides) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963

Shediac Island, Channel, New Brunswick, Canada, Atlantic Ocean (46.25°, -64.53°). [details]

Type species

for Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843

Spio vulgaris Johnston, 1827, subsequent designation by Pettibone (1963: 98). [details]