WoRMS name details
Neanthes lighti Hartman, 1938
329459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329459)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1938). Brackish and fresh-water Nereidae from the northeast Pacific, with the description of a new species from central California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 43(4): 79-82.
page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 20537, geounit California
, Note Tomales Creek, Marin County, California, USA...
Holotype USNM 20537, geounit California [details]
Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height.
Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools...
Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original...
Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height. [details]
Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools...
Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools along Russian River, near Healdsburg (Sonoma County). [details]
Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original...
Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original discoveries" (Hartman, 1938: 79-80).
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Neanthes lighti Hartman, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329459 on 2024-09-24
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original description
Hartman, Olga. (1938). Brackish and fresh-water Nereidae from the northeast Pacific, with the description of a new species from central California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 43(4): 79-82.
page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Smith, Ralph I. (1959). The synonymy of the viviparous polychaete <i>Neanthes lighti</i> Hartman (1938) with <i>Nereis limnicola</i> Johnson (1903). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 13(4): 349-350., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8093
page(s): 349-350; note: with Nereis limnicola Johnston, 1903 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 80-81, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Smith, Ralph I. (1959). The synonymy of the viviparous polychaete <i>Neanthes lighti</i> Hartman (1938) with <i>Nereis limnicola</i> Johnson (1903). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 13(4): 349-350., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8093
page(s): 349-350; note: with Nereis limnicola Johnston, 1903 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Altitude Not stated in original description, apparently from sea level to low height. [details]Distribution California (USA): Tomales Creek (Marin County); Stempell [= ?Stemple] Creek (southern Sonoma County); fresh-water pools along Russian River, near Healdsburg (Sonoma County). [details]
Etymology "I take pleasure in naming the species N. lighti sp. nov. for Professor S. F. Light, who made possible the original discoveries" (Hartman, 1938: 79-80).
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Habitat Sandy mud banks of tidal streams, a few miles inland from their mouths, and in small fresh-water pools along river banks. [details]
Type locality Tomales Creek, Marin County, California, USA (gazetteer estimate 38.2436°, -122.9035°) [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 20537) and 8 paratypes (USNM 20536) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM). [details]