WoRMS name details
Mesonerilla prospera Sterrer & Iliffe, 1982
413174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413174)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sterrer, W. E.; Iliffe, T. M. (1982). Mesonerilla prospera, a new archiannelid from marine caves in Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95(3): 509-514, available online at http://www.tamug.edu/cavebiology/reprints/Reprint-12.pdf [details] 
Holotype USNM 73764, geounit Bermuda Islands
, Note Cherry Pit Cave, Walsingham Caves (between...
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Holotype USNM 73764, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cherry Pit Cave, Walsingham Caves (between Harrington Sound and Castle Harbour), Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, (geolocation by gazetteer) 32.3451, -64.7094[details]
Etymology authors: " The name of the species refers to its well-fed appearance, but is also an allusion to Prospero's Cave in...
Etymology authors: " The name of the species refers to its well-fed appearance, but is also an allusion to Prospero's Cave in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," a play allegedly inspired by the shipwreck of Bermuda's first settlers" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Mesonerilla prospera Sterrer & Iliffe, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413174 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Sterrer, W. E.; Iliffe, T. M. (1982). Mesonerilla prospera, a new archiannelid from marine caves in Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95(3): 509-514, available online at http://www.tamug.edu/cavebiology/reprints/Reprint-12.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Westheide, W.; Purschke, G. (1996). Leptonerilla diplocirrata, a new genus and species of interstitial polychaetes from the island of Hainan, south China (Nerillidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(3): 586-590, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645193
page(s): 589 [details]
page(s): 589 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 73764, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: " The name of the species refers to its well-fed appearance, but is also an allusion to Prospero's Cave in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," a play allegedly inspired by the shipwreck of Bermuda's first settlers" [details]Type locality Cherry Pit Cave, Walsingham Caves (between Harrington Sound and Castle Harbour), Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, (geolocation by gazetteer) 32.3451, -64.7094
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