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Polychaeta taxon details

Alciopa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833

129142  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129142)

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Genus
Alciopa (Halodora) Greeff, 1876 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Alciopa)
Alciope [auct. misspelling for Alciopa] · unaccepted (genus misspelling)
Greeffia McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (replacement name but subjective synonym)
Halodora Greeff, 1876 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Alciopa)
Nauphanta Greeff, 1876 · unaccepted (replaced homonym, replacement...)  
replaced homonym, replacement Greeffia is synonym to Alciopa

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  1. Species Alciopa pacifica Kinberg, 1866
  2. Species Alciopa reynaudii Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833
  3. Species Alciopa splendida Kinberg, 1866
  4. Species Alciopa vertebralis Costa, 1862
  5. Subgenus Alciopa (Halodora) Greeff, 1876 accepted as Alciopa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (objective synonym of Alciopa)
    1. Species Alciopa (Halodora) petersii Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans, 1880) (superseded original combination)
  6. Species Alciopa antarctica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
  7. Species Alciopa bartelsii Hering, 1892 accepted as Krohnia lepidota krohnii (Greeff, 1879) (subjective synonym)
  8. Species Alciopa candida Delle Chiaje, 1841 accepted as Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (superseded original combination)
  9. Species Alciopa cantrainii (Delle Chiaje, 1830) accepted as Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1830 (unaccepted recombination)
  10. Species Alciopa cari Hering, 1892 accepted as Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans, 1880) (subjective synonym)
  11. Species Alciopa cirrata Greeff, 1876 accepted as Krohnia lepidota (Krohn, 1845) (subjective synonym)
  12. Species Alciopa distorta Treadwell, 1943 accepted as Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1830 (subjective synonym)
  13. Species Alciopa edwardsii Krohn, 1847 accepted as Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1830 (subjective synonym)
  14. Species Alciopa krohnii Greeff, 1879 accepted as Krohnia lepidota krohnii (Greeff, 1879) (superseded original combination)
  15. Species Alciopa lepidota Krohn, 1845 accepted as Krohnia lepidota (Krohn, 1845) (superseded original combination)
  16. Species Alciopa longirhyncha Greeff, 1885 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  17. Species Alciopa mutilata Treadwell, 1934 accepted as Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1830 (subjective synonym)
  18. Species Alciopa quadrioculata McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Alciopa reynaudii Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
  19. Species Alciopa reynaudi [auct. lapsus] accepted as Alciopa reynaudii Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (misspelling)
  20. Species Alciopa vittata Hering, 1892 accepted as Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (subjective synonym)
  21. Species Alciopa atlantica Kinberg, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Audouin, Jean Victor; Milne Edwards, Henri. (1833). [Part 3.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> (series 1) 29: 195-269., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6044727
page(s): 236-238 [details]   
Etymology Not stated. The name Alciopa refers presumably to the nymph of the Greek mythology, Alciope.  
Etymology Not stated. The name Alciopa refers presumably to the nymph of the Greek mythology, Alciope. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Alciopa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129142 on 2024-03-19
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original description Audouin, Jean Victor; Milne Edwards, Henri. (1833). [Part 3.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> (series 1) 29: 195-269., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6044727
page(s): 236-238 [details]   

original description  (of Greeffia McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, William C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 182; note: replacement name for junior homonym Nauphanta Greeff [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Halodora Greeff, 1876) Greeff, Richard. (1876). Untersuchungen über die Alciopiden. <em>Nova Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopold-Carolin Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher, Dresden.</em> 39(2): 34-122, pl.2-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12766776
page(s): 52; note: Alciopa reynaudii is assigned to Halodora Greeff [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nauphanta Greeff, 1876) Greeff, Richard. (1876). Untersuchungen über die Alciopiden. <em>Nova Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopold-Carolin Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher, Dresden.</em> 39(2): 34-122, pl.2-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12766776
page(s): 69; note: replaced homonym, replacement Greeffia is synonym to Alciopa [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 202; note: Description of "les Alciopes" apparently as a genus-level name, but not as a Latin name. [details]   

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]   
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Etymology Not stated. The name Alciopa refers presumably to the nymph of the Greek mythology, Alciope. [details]

Publication date Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier (1830: 202) introduced ''Les Alciopes'' and the nomen nudum Alciopa reynaudii, but the name of the genus was validly published only in 1833, by Audouin & Milne Edwards (1833: 236-238). [details]