WoRMS name details
Pherecardia parva Monro, 1924
330522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330522)
unaccepted > junior homonym (valid but becomes junior secondary homonym when recombined into Pherecardites)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1924). On the Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Alert,' 1878-1882. Families Aphroditidae and Amphinomidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 36(240): 65-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb02208.x [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype BMNH NHML 1925.1.28.144, geounit Macclesfield...
, Note Macclesfield Bank, China Sea, 1 specimen; no...
Holotype BMNH NHML 1925.1.28.144, geounit Macclesfield Bank [details]
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Type locality Macclesfield Bank, China Sea, 1 specimen; no further data; NHML 1925.1.28.144. It seems Monro had only minimal information on the type locality geolocation as he puts "Macclesfield Bank, China Sea" in quotes. According to Wikipedia Macclesfield Bank is a very large elongated sunken atoll of underwater reefs and shoals in the middle of the South China Sea with an approximate geolocation of 16 N, 114.5 E [details]
Nomenclature Pherecardia parva Monro is valid if retained in Pherecardia as originally created but would be a junior secondary homonym...
Nomenclature Pherecardia parva Monro is valid if retained in Pherecardia as originally created but would be a junior secondary homonym when recombined into Pherecardites. Salazar-Vallejo et al (2025) avoided this invalid usage as Pherecardites parva Monro by creating a new name as Pherecardites monroi. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pherecardia parva Monro, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330522 on 2026-04-13
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Nomenclature
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Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1924). On the Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Alert,' 1878-1882. Families Aphroditidae and Amphinomidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 36(240): 65-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb02208.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Piotrowski, Christina N.; Harris, Leslie; Paulay, Gustav. (2025). Revision of Pherecardia Horst, 1886 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 47 (28): 691-720., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/47/28
page(s): 714, figure 16; note: Pherecardia parva is redescribed from the holotype (only specimen) and transferred to Pherecardites where it needs a new name (P. monroi) as there it becomes a secondary homonym [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 714, figure 16; note: Pherecardia parva is redescribed from the holotype (only specimen) and transferred to Pherecardites where it needs a new name (P. monroi) as there it becomes a secondary homonym [details] Available for editors
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Holotype BMNH NHML 1925.1.28.144, geounit Macclesfield Bank [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Pherecardia parva Monro is valid if retained in Pherecardia as originally created but would be a junior secondary homonym when recombined into Pherecardites. Salazar-Vallejo et al (2025) avoided this invalid usage as Pherecardites parva Monro by creating a new name as Pherecardites monroi. [details]Specimen A single specimen is known. NHML 1925.1.28.144. at the Natural History Museum, London [details]
Type locality Macclesfield Bank, China Sea, 1 specimen; no further data; NHML 1925.1.28.144. It seems Monro had only minimal information on the type locality geolocation as he puts "Macclesfield Bank, China Sea" in quotes. According to Wikipedia Macclesfield Bank is a very large elongated sunken atoll of underwater reefs and shoals in the middle of the South China Sea with an approximate geolocation of 16 N, 114.5 E [details]
