WoRMS name details
original description
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457 page(s): 190 [details]
basis of record
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]
source of synonymy
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]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Malmgren does not state a derivation. However, Axiothea is a female given name of classical Greece. Axiothea (Ἀξιοθέα) of Phlius c. 350 BCE) was a female student of Plato. Genus Axiothella is presumed to be modified from Axiothea [details]
Homonymy Replaced homonym. Axiothea Malmgren, 1866 is junior homonym to Axiothea Pascoe 1864 [Insecta], and replaced by Axiothella Verrill, 1900. Chamberlin (1919:410) suggested that "Axiothea Malmgren, being preoccupied (Pascoe, 1864), gives way to Paraxiothea Webster (1879), of which Clymenella and Axiothella of Verrill are also synonyms." However, the Paraxiothea type, Paraxiothea latens Webster, 1879, is a Clymenella, and not related to Axiothea/Axiothella. [details]
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