WoRMS name details
original description
Thompson, W. (1844). Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata. Drawn up, at the request of the British Association. <em>Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> Pp. 245-291., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920904 [details]
status source
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 page(s): 207 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Bebryce peripatus is a nomen nudum, although some subsequent authors have treated it as validly introduced in Thompson, citing the name as "Johnston in Thompson". Thompson used it, not Johnston, and it was stated to be an [unpublished] MS name of Johnston. This was the only Johnston MS name included, clearly indicated as unpublished, whereas other names had abbreviated citations. Johnston himself did not use the combination except in synonymies. He validly described this entity as Pollicita peripatus. Bebryce in Polychaeta would be a junior homonym, as Johnston had realised, so he never used Bebryce as valid. [details]
Type locality Specimen said to be from Ireland, but a nomen nudum has no type locality [details]
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