WoRMS name details
Naraganseta Leidy, 1855
325918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325918)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Naraganseta coralii Leidy, 1855 accepted as Dodecaceria coralii (Leidy, 1855) (type by monotypy)
- Species Naraganseta coralii Leidy, 1855 accepted as Dodecaceria coralii (Leidy, 1855) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Naraganseta Leidy, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325918 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 410 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 290 [details]
page(s): 410 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 290 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Leidy (1855) "Body cylindrical, narrowed posteriorly; no lateral pinnae; segments numerous; those anteriorly furnished with a few, simple, cylindrical, lateral tentaculae; anterior segments with four rows of simple setae in fascicles; succeeding few segments with two rows of simple setre, and two rows of cochleariform podal spines; posterior segments with four rows of cochleariform spines. Upper lip distinct, conical, eyes none." [details]Synonymy Leidy's description is clearly a description of a Dodecaceria. The synonymy was soon pointed out by Verrill (1881:290) [details]
