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Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885 
AphiaID: 174389

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Polynoidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Polyeunoe [auct. misspelling] (lapsus)
Sources  original description: McIntosh, W.C. 1885. Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S.Challenger during the years 1872-76, Ser. Zoology, 12: 1-554., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-34/htm/doc.html
page(s): 76 [details]

basis of record: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

redescription: Barnich, Ruth; Gambi, Maria Christina; Fiege, Dieter. 2012. Revision of the genus Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885 (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Zootaxa *(3523): 25-38, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3523.html
page(s): 27 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885
Species Polyeunoa maculata (Day, 1973)

Species Polyeunoa flynni (Benham, 1921) accepted as Parapolyeunoa flynni (Benham, 1921)
Species Polyeunoa monroi Averincev, 1978 accepted as Parapolyeunoa flynni (Benham, 1921)
Species Polyeunoa nigropunctata (Horst, 1915) accepted as Hololepidella nigropunctata (Horst, 1915)
Species Polyeunoa parvis accepted as Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885
Species Polyeunoa rhombigera (Ehlers, 1809) accepted as Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885
Species Polyeunoa tuta (Grube, 1855) accepted as Grubeopolynoe tuta (Grube, 1855)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Type species: Type species P. laevis McIntosh 1885 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174389
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-14 08:59:00Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-01-24 08:43:46Z  checked  Barnich, Ruth
2007-02-01 10:44:13Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-05 09:00:37Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174389 on 2013-05-22
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