WoRMS name details

Nephthys johnstoni Ehlers, 1874

337211  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337211)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 293-294 [details]   
Note Near Belfast, Northern Ireland, NE Atlantic...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Near Belfast, Northern Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 54.7°, -5.7°), 137 m. [details]
Depth range 137 m (75 fathoms).  
Depth range 137 m (75 fathoms). [details]

Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: near Belfast (Northern Ireland).  
Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: near Belfast (Northern Ireland). [details]

Etymology Species named after George Johnston (b. Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland, 20 July 1797 – d. Berwick-upon-Tweed,...  
Etymology Species named after George Johnston (b. Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland, 20 July 1797 – d. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, 30 July 1855), a Scottish physician and naturalist who, according to Ehlers (1874: 294), would have identified the same species previously as "N. longisetosae" [sic]: "Verisimiliter eadem species, quae a cel. Johnston ('Catalogue of the British non-parasitical Worms,' p. 172) nomine N. longisetosae descript est". [details]

Taxonomy Corrected spelling  
Taxonomy Corrected spelling [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nephthys johnstoni Ehlers, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337211 on 2024-04-20
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 293-294 [details]   

additional source Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254
page(s): 38-40, plate III figs. 3-4 [details]   

additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1900). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XX. 1. On the Reproduction and Development of Pholoe minuta, O. Fabr. 2. On the British Nephthydidae. 3. On Nephthys (Aglaophanus)[sic] inermis, Ehlers, from the 'Porcupine'. 4. On the Nephthydidae of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series</i>. Series 7. vol. 5(27):254-268, pl.7,8.
page(s): 261 [details]   

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. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range 137 m (75 fathoms). [details]

Distribution NE Atlantic Ocean: near Belfast (Northern Ireland). [details]

Etymology Species named after George Johnston (b. Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland, 20 July 1797 – d. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, 30 July 1855), a Scottish physician and naturalist who, according to Ehlers (1874: 294), would have identified the same species previously as "N. longisetosae" [sic]: "Verisimiliter eadem species, quae a cel. Johnston ('Catalogue of the British non-parasitical Worms,' p. 172) nomine N. longisetosae descript est". [details]

Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at shelf depths. [details]

Type locality Near Belfast, Northern Ireland, NE Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 54.7°, -5.7°), 137 m. [details]

From other sources
Taxonomy Corrected spelling [details]