WoRMS name details
original description
(of Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages, 1843) Quatrefages, Armand de. (1843). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles d'annélides errantes recueillies sur les côtes de la Manche. <em>Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palaeontologie, Paris.</em> Série 2, 5: 1-16, plates I-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155346 page(s): 13-14, plate 3 figs. 7-8 [details]
basis of record
Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source
Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787 page(s): 47 [details]
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
new combination reference
Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416 page(s): 74 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The status of this recombination based on Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages has long been misunderstood. Saint-Joseph (1894) did not author Nerine longirostris as the new taxon "Nerine longirostris Saint-Joseph", as wrongly listed in the Hartman catalogue (p.381). Nerine longirostris is only a subsequent usage of Quatrefages' taxon, as recombined in Nerine, and it is not a secondary homonym to Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages, 1843 as erroneously stated in Pettibone (1963) and repeated by Foster (1971) and Maciolek (1987). As it is not an original name it is not in need of a replacement name. Nerinides cantabra Rioja 1919 has been erroneously used as if a replacement name, probably by misinterpretation of the synonymy of Fauvel (1927:31). Saint-Joseph (1894:74) simply applied Quatrefages' existing name as the identification of the specimen he had, and gave a description. This is the same as standard practice today. Saint-Joseph's report was clearly understood and explained by Southern (1914:47). The belief this usage was unrelated to Quatrefages's species probably arises because Mesnil (1896) later suggested Nerine longirostris sensu Saint-Joseph (said to be non Quatrefages) as the type species of Nerinides. This is a different problem. [details]From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, France [details]
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