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Namalycastis meraukensis (Horst, 1918) 
AphiaID: 334069

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Namanereidinae (Subfamily) > Namalycastis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Namalycastis Hartman, 1959
Synonymised
taxa
  Lycastis meraukensis Horst, 1918 (objective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

basis of record: Silva, P. H. D. H. 1961. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. Spolia Zeylanica, 29(2): 164-194. [details]

from synonym: Horst, R. 1918. On a species of Lycastis and three aberrant forms of Nereidae from the Dutch East Indies. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden), 4: 246-250. [details] [view taxon]

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Variety Namalycastis meraukensis var. zeylanica Silva, 1961 (nomen dubium, varietal name post 1960 (Art.15.2))
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334069
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Date   action   by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Namalycastis meraukensis (Horst, 1918). 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=334069 on 2013-05-25
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