Canadian Register of Marine Species

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Name

Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855).

SourceID

192311

Authors

Leidy, J.

Year

1855

Title

Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey

Journal

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Suffix

3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)

Type

Publication

Link

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120

Note

World Polychaeta Dbase
World Isopoda DB; NeMys doc_id: 4985

Full text

Leidy 1855.pdf

Abstract

Locality: ; Cabinet:

Geographical term

North-western Atlantic

Bibliographical terms

Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution

Taxonomic term

Annelida

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Date

action

2014-09-16 13:54:17Z

created

Pagad, Shyama

2016-02-07 20:51:21Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2016-07-14 23:31:29Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Bowerbankia gracilis Leidy, 1855 accepted as Amathia gracilis (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (original description)
Pontonema Leidy, 1855 (original description)

United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll, 1803) (origin: alien)

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]

Depth range

for Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855

Below tide mark. [details]

Diagnosis

for Naraganseta Leidy, 1855

Leidy (1855) "Body cylindrical, narrowed posteriorly; no lateral pinnae; segments numerous; those anteriorly ... [details]

Diagnosis

for Torquea Leidy, 1855

Original diagnosis by Leidy (1855: 146): "Body cylindrical, narrowed at the extremities. Tentaculae numerous, ... [details]

Distribution

for Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855

Atlantic coast of the USA: Rhode Island (Point Judith, entrance of Narragansett Bay). [details]

Editor's comment

for Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866

The species name originates from an apparent misidentification by Leidy (1855). Quatrefages (1866: 278) ... [details]

Etymology

for Torquea Leidy, 1855

Not stated, uncertain. Maybe from the Latin verb torqueo, meaning 'to twist', 'to whirl', or 'to distort', related ... [details]

Etymology

for Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855

Not expressly stated. The specific epithet eximia is a Latin adjective meaning 'special', 'particular' or ... [details]

Habitat

for Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855

From mud and sand, below tide mark. [details]

Original description

for Siphonostoma affine (Leidy, 1855)

"46. SIPHONOSTOMUM AFFINE, Leidy. Body cylindro-fusiform, minutely papillated, with four rows of fasciculi of setae; ... [details]

Spelling

for Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855

Leidy used the incorrect subsequent spelling of Grube for what is Siphonostoma Otto [details]

Taxonomic remark

for Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832

Leidy (1855: 148) applied the name Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards to a specimen from Beesley's Point, ... [details]

Type locality

for Polycirrus eximius (Leidy, 1855)

Point Judith, entrance of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.36°, -71.48°). ... [details]

Type locality

for Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855

from Beesley's Point, New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast [details]

Type locality

for Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855

Point Judith, entrance of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.36°, -71.48°). [details]