World Polychaeta Database - Praxilla Malmgren, 1865

Polychaeta name details

Praxilla Malmgren, 1865

AphiaID

155070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155070)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (replaced junior homonym)

Accepted Name

Praxillella Verrill, 1881

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Praxilla praetermissa Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella praetermissa (Malmgren, 1865) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906

Orig. name

Praxilla Malmgren, 1865

Direct children (17)

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Species Praxilla abyssorum McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Praxillella abyssorum (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla arctica Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Praxillella praetermissa (Malmgren, 1865) (subjective synonym)
Species Praxilla assimilis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Praxillella assimilis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Praxillella capensis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla challengeriae McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Praxillella challengeriae (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination (genus homonym))
Species Praxilla collaris Claparède, 1869 accepted as Euclymene collaris (Claparède, 1869) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla elongata Webster, 1879 accepted as Praxillella elongata (Webster, 1879) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla kefersteini Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Praxillella kefersteini Kinberg, 1866 (genus name replaced)
Species Praxilla kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Praxillella kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (replaced original combination due to homonymy)
Species Praxilla koellikeri McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Clymenella koellikeri (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla lankesteri McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) (generic transfer)
Species Praxilla nigrita Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Praxillella nigrita (Ehlers, 1874) (genus name replaced)
Species Praxilla occidentalis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Praxillella occidentalis (McIntosh, 1885) (genus name replaced)
Species Praxilla polaris Théel, 1879 accepted as Clymenura polaris (Théel, 1879) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla praetermissa Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella praetermissa (Malmgren, 1865) (basionym)
Species Praxilla zonalis Verrill, 1874 accepted as Clymenella zonalis (Verrill, 1874) (superseded original combination)
Species Praxilla simplex Claparède, 1869 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 191 [details]

Descriptive notes

Homonymy The name Praxilla Malmgren, 1865, is junior to Praxilla Reichenbach, 1854 in Aves, and was replaced by Praxillella Verrill,...

Homonymy The name Praxilla Malmgren, 1865, is junior to Praxilla Reichenbach, 1854 in Aves, and was replaced by Praxillella Verrill, 1881 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Praxilla Malmgren, 1865. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155070 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-22 07:56:35Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-03-04 10:31:00Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-03-05 09:00:37Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2015-07-23 22:08:43Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2015-07-26 22:28:23Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2019-08-17 03:37:14Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

original description Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 191 [details]

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

source of synonymy Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 298 [details]

From editor or global species database

Homonymy The name Praxilla Malmgren, 1865, is junior to Praxilla Reichenbach, 1854 in Aves, and was replaced by Praxillella Verrill, 1881 [details]

Type designation Malmgren (1865) named both Praxilla praetermissa and P. gracilis. It may have been Hartman (1959) who fixed the type of the genus as P. praetermissa. [details]