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Eurymedusa Kinberg, 1866

325036  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325036)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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  1. Species Eurymedusa picta Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Syllis picta (Kinberg, 1866) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 249 [details]   
Note "Members of this family [Syllidae], described...  
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Type material "Members of this family [Syllidae], described by Kinberg, had been stored in a single jar which was found broken and dried in 1913; the specimens are consequently unsatisfactory. The species include the following, all by Kinberg: [...] Eurymedusa picta from Port Jackson [...]" (Hartman, 1948: 47).  [details]
Etymology The name of the genus seems to refer to the Greek mythology, which comprises several feminine figures under the name...  
Etymology The name of the genus seems to refer to the Greek mythology, which comprises several feminine figures under the name Eurymedusa. The most well known is the daughter of Cletor or Achelous, a mortal woman turned into an ant and raped by Zeus, leaving her pregnant of Myrmidon. Other figures are: an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa; the possible mother of the Charites by Zeus; the daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon; and the daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of the Minotaur rescued by Theseus.  [details]

Taxonomy Hartman (1959: 203) considered Eurymedusa Kinberg, 1866 to be synonymous with Trypanosyllis Claparède, 1864, while San...  
Taxonomy Hartman (1959: 203) considered Eurymedusa Kinberg, 1866 to be synonymous with Trypanosyllis Claparède, 1864, while San Martín & Hutchings (2006: 281-282) suggested a synonymy with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863. Finally, Álvarez-Campos et al. (2015: 302, 317-319) stated that the genus is a junior synonym of Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818, with base on the revision of type material of Eurymedusa picta Kinberg, 1866 (syntype SMNH 6864), the type species of the genus.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Eurymedusa Kinberg, 1866. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325036 on 2024-03-19
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original description Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 249 [details]   

source of synonymy San Martín G. and Hutchings P.A.. 2006. Eusyllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and fifteen new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 58. 257-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1466
page(s): 281-282; note: with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863 [details]   

source of synonymy Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Riesgo, Ana; Hutchings, Pat A.; San Martín, Guillermo. (2015). The genus <em>Syllis </em>Savigny <em>in </em>Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Syllidae) from Australia. Molecular analysis and re-description of some poorly-known species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4052(3): 297-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4052.3.2
page(s): 302, 317-319, figs. 9C-E, F3, F4, 10F-I, 11; note: with Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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.
page(s): 203; note: with Trypanosyllis Claparède, 1864 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name of the genus seems to refer to the Greek mythology, which comprises several feminine figures under the name Eurymedusa. The most well known is the daughter of Cletor or Achelous, a mortal woman turned into an ant and raped by Zeus, leaving her pregnant of Myrmidon. Other figures are: an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa; the possible mother of the Charites by Zeus; the daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon; and the daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of the Minotaur rescued by Theseus.  [details]

Taxonomy Hartman (1959: 203) considered Eurymedusa Kinberg, 1866 to be synonymous with Trypanosyllis Claparède, 1864, while San Martín & Hutchings (2006: 281-282) suggested a synonymy with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863. Finally, Álvarez-Campos et al. (2015: 302, 317-319) stated that the genus is a junior synonym of Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818, with base on the revision of type material of Eurymedusa picta Kinberg, 1866 (syntype SMNH 6864), the type species of the genus.  [details]

Type material "Members of this family [Syllidae], described by Kinberg, had been stored in a single jar which was found broken and dried in 1913; the specimens are consequently unsatisfactory. The species include the following, all by Kinberg: [...] Eurymedusa picta from Port Jackson [...]" (Hartman, 1948: 47).  [details]