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Polychaeta source details

McIntosh, William C. [as M'Intosh]. (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 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map.
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McIntosh, William C. [as M'Intosh]
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 1873–76. Zoology
12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD). Last ms batch received 20/07/1885. John Murray's editorial note is dated 1 September, 1885, indicating publication was soon after that date.
Editors, there are hundreds of Annelida linked. Do not add a duplicate record for this McIntosh work. Please keep this source citation clean (no notes about minor McIntosh comments on other phyla - those belong to citation notes for those taxa records).
[Extract from the lengthy discursive introduction]: "Towards the middle of 1877 I received intimation from Sir Wyville Thomson about the examination of this part of the collection, which he described as somewhat limited in extent. A review of the specimens, however, on their arrival proved that instead of being limited, the series was an extensive one, and reflected much credit on the scientific staff of the Expedition. This was probably due to the interest taken in the group by the late Dr. Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm, a young naturalist of great ability, whose previous acquaintance with the Annelida had been considerably extended by a trip to the Faeroes just before the equipment [ie mobilization for voyage] of the Challenger."
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Alciopa antarctica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Alciopa quadrioculata McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Alciopa reynaudii Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (original description)
Allmaniella McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Allmaniella setubalensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Ammotrypane gracile McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843 (original description)
Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Ampharete kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Ampharete sombreriana McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (additional source)
Amphicteis gunneri atlantica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Amphicteis atlantica McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Amphicteis japonica McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Amphicteis sarsi McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Amphicteis wyvillei McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Amphinome alba McIntosh, 1885 (basis of record)
Amphinome alba McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Amphinome vagans (Savigny, 1822) (additional source)
Amphitrite kerguelensis McIntosh, 1876 (additional source)
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865 (additional source)
Aphrodita echidna Quatrefages, 1866 (status source)
Aphrodita intermedia McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Heteraphrodita intermedia (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Apomatus elisabethae McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Aricia norvegica M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Phylo norvegica (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) (additional source)
Aricia platycephala McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Nainereis laevigata (Grube, 1855) accepted as Naineris laevigata (Grube, 1855) (original description)
Aricidea fragilis Webster, 1879 represented as Aricidea (Aricidea) fragilis Webster, 1879 (additional source)
Artacama challengeriae McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Artacama zebuensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Autolytus maclearanus McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Epigamia maclearanus (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Brada mammillata Grube, 1877 accepted as Bradabyssa mammillata (Grube, 1877) (additional source)
Brada whiteavesii McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Branchiomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1815) accepted as Acromegalomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1813) (additional source)
Buskiella McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Buskiella abyssorum McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chaetozone atlantica McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chaetozone benthaliana McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chaetozone pacifica McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766) (taxonomy source)
Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chloenea atlantica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Chloenopsis atlantica (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Cirratulus assimilis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Cirratulus capensis Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Cirriformia capensis (Schmarda, 1861) (additional source)
Cirratulus zebuensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Cymospira decumbens (Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820-25) accepted as Galeolaria caespitosa Lamarck, 1818 (new combination reference)
Dalhousia McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Leocrates Kinberg, 1866 (original description)
Dalhousia atlantica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Leocrates atlanticus (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Dasychone bairdi McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Branchiomma bairdi (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Dasychone capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Branchiomma capense (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Dasychone japonica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Branchiomma cingulatum (Grube, 1870) (original description)
Dasychone nigromaculata (Baird, 1865) accepted as Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865) (additional source)
Dasychone orientalis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pseudobranchiomma orientalis (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Dasychone picta McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pseudobranchiomma picta (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Branchiomma natalensis (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866) (original description)
Dasychone wyvillei McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Branchiomma wyvillei (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Dasylepis equitis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Harmothoe globifera (Sars G.O., 1873) (original description)
Ehlersiella McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Ehlersiella atlantica McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eone trifida McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Glycinde trifida (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Ephesia antarctica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Ephesiella antarctica (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Ereutho kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Polycirrus kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eulagisca McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eulagisca corrientis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eulalia capensis Schmarda, 1861 (additional source)
Eulepis challengeriae McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Proeulepethus challengeriae (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eulepis wyvillei McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pareulepis wyvillei (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eumenia reticulata McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Hyboscolex reticulatus (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788) (additional source)
Eunice barvicensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice bassensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Leodice bassensis (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eunice challengeriae McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice cirrobranchiata McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice edwardsi McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice elseyi Baird, 1869 accepted as Leodice elseyi (Baird, 1869) (basis of record)
Eunice elsyi Baird, 1869 accepted as Eunice elseyi Baird, 1869 accepted as Leodice elseyi (Baird, 1869) (source of synonymy)
Eunice equibranchiata McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice kobiensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice magellanica McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice mindanavensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice murrayi McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice oerstedi [auctt.] accepted as Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1853 (basis of record)
Eunice prognatha McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice pycnobranchiata McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Leodice pycnobranchiata (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eunice torquata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leodice torquata (Quatrefages, 1866) (additional source)
Eunice torresiensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Leodice torresiensis (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (additional source)
Eunoe abyssorum McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunoe capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Hemilepidia erythrotaenia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Polynoe erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1861) (original description)
Eunoe iphionoides McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunoe mindanavensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunoe opalina McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunoe yedoensis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunotomastus McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eunotomastus grubei McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Euphione McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Euphione elisabethae McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Eupholoe McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861 (original description)
Eupholoe philippinensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pelogenia philippinensis (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Euphrosyne borealis Örsted, 1843 accepted as Euphrosine borealis Örsted, 1843 (basis of record)
Euphrosyne capensis Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Euphrosine capensis Kinberg, 1857 (additional source)
Kerguelen Islands for Polycirrus kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) 
Kerguelen Islands for Scoloplos kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 
Kobe for Pista fasciata (Grube, 1869)  (doubtful)
Marion Island for Exogone heterosetosa McIntosh, 1885 
Queen Charlotte Sound for Brada whiteavesii McIntosh, 1885 
Rio de la Plata for Pista corrientis McIntosh, 1885 
Rio de la Plata for Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885 
Nontype NHMUK, geounit Banda Sea, identified as Syllis ramosa McIntosh, 1879
Holotype NHMUK, geounit Japan, identified as Laetmonice japonica McIntosh, 1885
Holotype BMNH 1885.12.1.108, geounit Japan, identified as Laetmonice aphroditoides McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.11, geounit Central Atlantic Ocean, identified as Chloenea atlantica McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.12, geounit Bermuda, identified as Notopygos megalops McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.130, geounit Cape Verde, identified as Phyllodoce (Anaitis) sanctaevincentis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.130A, geounit Twofold bay, identified as Phyllodoce duplex McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.131a, geounit Southern Ocean, identified as Alciopa antarctica McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.132, geounit Philippine Sea, identified as Genetyllis oculata McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.132a, geounit Honolulu, identified as Alciopa quadrioculata McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.135, geounit Oahu Island, identified as Greeffia oahuensis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.14, geounit Basilan Strait, identified as Notopygos labiatus McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.140, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Salvatoria kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.142, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Eusyllis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.143, geounit Cape of Good Hope, identified as Syllis capensis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.144, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Syllis gigantea McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.145, geounit Portuguese Atlantic Coast, identified as Syllis setubalensis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.146, geounit Brazil, identified as Syllis brasiliensis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.147, geounit Argentina, identified as Syllis robertianae McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.155, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.156, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Autolytus maclearanus McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.156, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Autolytus maclearanus McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.170, geounit Kerguelen, identified as Nereis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.171, geounit Cabo Virgenes, identified as Nereis patagonica McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.24, geounit West Indies, identified as Aphrodita intermedia McIntosh, 1885
Syntype BMNH 1885.12.1.258, geounit New Zealand part of the South Pacific Ocean, identified as Eumenia reticulata McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.29, geounit Fiji, identified as Eurythoe pacifica levukaensis McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.358, geounit Portugal, identified as Euthelepus setubalensis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.359, geounit Chile Basin, identified as Euthelepus chilensis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.71, identified as Eulagisca corrientis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.93, geounit Bass Strait, identified as Polynoe platycirrus McIntosh, 1885
Holotype NHMUK NHMUK.1885.12.1.161, verbatimGeounit São Vicente Island (..., identified as Nereis atlantica McIntosh, 1885
Holotype BM ZK 1885.12.1.209, verbatimGeounit Off Kermadec Islands..., identified as Nicidon balfouriana McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK ZOO 1885.12.1.252, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Scoloplos kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
Syntype NHMUK ZOO 1885.12.1.253, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Scoloplos kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885










 Association

McIntosh (1885:477) also described a copepod parasite he found attached on the Ehlersiella atlantica as Oestrella ... [details]

 Depth range

Surface. [details]

 Depth range

At the surface of the sea. [details]

 Depth range

1525 fathoms (= about 2789 m). [details]

 Depth range

Not stated. Probably at shallow water. [details]

 Depth range

127 fathoms (= about 232 m). [details]

 Depth range

3950 m. [details]

 Depth range

360-860 m. [details]

 Depth range

126 m (69 fathoms).  [details]

 Depth range

500 fathoms (= about 914 m). [details]

 Depth range

Surface of the sea. [details]

 Depth range

30 fathoms (= about 55 m). [details]

 Depth range

100.5 m. [details]

 Depth range

Between 84-102 fathoms (= about 154-187 m). [details]

 Depth range

30 fathoms (= about 55 m). [details]

 Depth range

Not stated, unknown. [details]

 Depth range

150 fathoms (= about 274 m). [details]

 Depth range

45-120 fathoms (= about 80-220 m). [details]

 Depth range

200-220 m.  [details]

 Depth range

350 fathoms (= about 640 m).  [details]

 Depth range

98 fathoms (= about 179 m). [details]

 Depth range

18-183 m (10-100 fathoms).  [details]

 Depth range

95-140 fathoms (= about 174-256 m). [details]

 Depth range

600 fathoms (= about 1097 m). [details]

 Depth range

470 fathoms (= about 860 m). [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by McIntosh (1885: 443) "The new genus Euthelepus is intermediate between the Ampharetidae and ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by McIntosh (1885: 188): "Body somewhat elongated. The four eyes almost in a transverse line. A ... [details]

 Diet

"In the intestine is muddy debris containing long sponge-spicules, fragments of Radiolarians, a few Gregarine ... [details]

 Distribution

Southern Ocean, near Antarctica. [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands. [details]

 Distribution

Subantarctic Indian Ocean, Kerguelen Islands. [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: south of the Canary Islands, off the Western Sahara. [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Levuka (Ovalau Island, Fiji). [details]

 Distribution

Kerguelen Islands and Subantarctic Indian Ocean.  [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Chile Basin. [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: off Portugal.  [details]

 Distribution

Antarctic Ocean. [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: southwestern part of Philippine Sea. [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands. [details]

 Distribution

Subantarctic Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands. [details]

 Distribution

Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: off eastern end of the Strait of Magellan. [details]

 Distribution

Philippine Islands: Basilan Strait (Sulu Sea). [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: off Bermuda. [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: off St. Vincente (Cape Verde Islands). [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Tasman Sea (New South Wales, Australia). [details]

 Distribution

Subantarctic Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

 Distribution

Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

 Distribution

Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

 Distribution

Southwest Atlantic, Brazil.  [details]

 Distribution

South Africa (off the Cape of Good Hope).  [details]

 Distribution

Subantarctic Indian Ocean, Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

 Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Banda Sea; Bohol Sea. [details]

 Distribution

Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, off northern Argentina.  [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: Portugal (off Setúbal). [details]

 Ecology

In the description for Phyllochaetopterus claparedii McIntosh, with which Polynoe ocellata was found, McIntosh ... [details]

 Editor's comment

Possibly this name was a Brtish museum label name of Baird's, and seen by McIntosh (1885) there, but Baird (1868) ... [details]

 Editor's comment

McIntosh (1885: 29-30) does not provide information about the depth, habitat, or date of collection of Eurythoe ... [details]

 Editor's comment

It seems likely this name is indeterminable to species, as McIntosh had only a dried posterior fragment. Moore ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet antarctica refers to the type locality of the species, the Antarctic Sea (= Antarctic Ocean or ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet quadrioculata is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having four eyes', and refers ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated, but evidently named after the proximity of the collection station to Setubal, Portugal [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet decipiens is the present participle of the Latin verb decipio, meaning 'cheating' ... [details]

 Etymology

The species is dedicated to John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear (b. Cape Town, 27 June 1838 - d. Niagara, 17 July 1907), ... [details]

 Etymology

named after the collector "Mr Whiteaves" [details]

 Etymology

author: "Named after G. Busk, Esq, F.R.S., one of the most devoted and most exact of living zoologists." George ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated, the specific epithet atlantica refers obviously to the type locality, the Atlantic Ocean. [details]

 Etymology

In a footnote McIntosh (p.186) explains "Named after the Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., who has both earnestly and ... [details]

 Etymology

"Named in honour of Prof. Ehlers of Göttingen, whose laborious and valuable reasearches amongst the Annelids are ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated, the subspecific epithet levukaensis refers to the type locality of the subspecies, Levuka (Ovalau ... [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The name of the genus is composed by the prefix of Ancient Greek origin eu-, meaning 'well' or 'good', ... [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated in the original description but the name of the species, chilensis, refers obviously to the ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description, the name setubalensis refers obviously to the type locality of the species, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet heterosetosa derives from the Ancient Greek word 'heteros', meaning 'different', and the Latin ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet oculata is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', and refers to the big eyes of the species: ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description. The generic epithet Greeffia is named after Richard Greeff (b. Elberfeld, ... [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet oahuensis refers to the type locality of the species, off Oahu ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands (Southern Indian ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. McIntosh says nothing about the species-group name, and he doesn't mention de Quatrefages. However, it ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The species is obviously named after its type locality, the Kerguelen Islands. [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet patagonica refers to the type locality of the species, ... [details]

 Etymology

not stated, but clearly based on the small size of the holotype, 20 mm x 0.5 mm, hence 'minuta' [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet labiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having lips', and refers presumably to the ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet megalops is a New Latin adjective of Ancient Greek origin, meaning 'having large ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet sanctaevincentis refers to the type locality of the species, off St. Vincente ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet twofold is a Latin adjective meaning 'double' or 'two-fold', and refers presumably ... [details]

 Etymology

Genus named after the College of St. Salvator, St. Andrews (Scotland).  [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated, but evidently named for similarity to genus Samytha of Malmgren, thus Samyth as stem with -opsis ... [details]

 Etymology

"Named after Prof. L. Schmarda, the author of the well-known work on the Annelida so often quoted" (McIntosh, 1885: ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands (Southern Indian ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

 Etymology

One of five 'challengeriae' species-group names that McIntosh uses for new taxa from the Challenger Expedition. [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet brasiliensis refers to the type locality of the species, Brazil ... [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet gigantea refers to the big size of the type specimen (90 mm long, 7 mm wide, ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet ramosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'branching', and refers to the body of the ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The species is dedicated to Roberta Mitchell McIntosh (1843-1869), sister of the author, who acted as ... [details]