WoRMS name details
original description
(of Terebella gigantea Montagu, 1819) Montagu, George. (1819 [title page date 1818]). Descriptions of five British species of the genus <i>Terebella</i>. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12 (2): 340-344, pl. 11-13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758907 page(s): 341-342, plate XI [details]
new combination reference
McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. page(s): 115; note: McIntosh recombined Terebella gigantea in Amphitrite [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy recombined from Terebella gigantea Montagu, but McIntosh (1922) complicated matters by adding Amphiro gigantea, an unpublished name of Montagu, in the synonymy as a nomen nudum [details]
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