WoRMS name details

Perinereis nuntia var. bombayensis Bhatt & Bal, 1966

335591  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335591)

 unaccepted > unavailable name (infrasubspecific unavailable name as a post-1960 variety (ICZN 4th Ed. Art. 45.6.3))
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bhatt, Y.M.; Bal, D.V. (1966). An account of the polychaetous annelids of Bombay. <em>Journal of the University of Bombay.</em> 32(3 & 5): 24-51.
page(s): 41-43, fig. 8b; note: as a 'variety' [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Bombay (= Mumbai), Maharashtra, Western India,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bombay (= Mumbai), Maharashtra, Western India, Arabian Sea (gazetteer estimate 19.06º, 72.82º).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal.   
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Arabian Sea: Mumbai and Alibag (Maharashtra, Western coast of India).   
Distribution Arabian Sea: Mumbai and Alibag (Maharashtra, Western coast of India).  [details]

Etymology The subspecific epithet bombayensis refers to the type locality of the subspecies, Bombay (= Mumbai), India.   
Etymology The subspecific epithet bombayensis refers to the type locality of the subspecies, Bombay (= Mumbai), India.  [details]

Taxonomy Wilson & Glasby (1993: 276) state that ''Perinereis nuntia bombayensis Bhatt & Bal, 1966 (described from India) according...  
Taxonomy Wilson & Glasby (1993: 276) state that ''Perinereis nuntia bombayensis Bhatt & Bal, 1966 (described from India) according to the original description, has only conical paragnaths in an arc on Area VI and therefore must be placed in the genus Neanthes Kinberg, 1866.'' [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Perinereis nuntia var. bombayensis Bhatt & Bal, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335591 on 2024-04-24
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2008-03-17 14:53:29Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2016-04-25 22:31:47Z
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2023-01-10 11:52:12Z
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original description Bhatt, Y.M.; Bal, D.V. (1966). An account of the polychaetous annelids of Bombay. <em>Journal of the University of Bombay.</em> 32(3 & 5): 24-51.
page(s): 41-43, fig. 8b; note: as a 'variety' [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Prajapat, Vaishali; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh. (2023). A new species of <em>Perinereis</em> Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) and invalidation of two congeners from Western India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5330(3): 398-412., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5330.3.4
page(s): 406; note: remarks on the invalid status of P. nuntia var. bombayensis (variety post 1960) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Parulekar, A.H. (1972). Polychaetes from Maharashtra and Goa. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 68(3): 726-749, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48430942
page(s): 742-743; note: as a 'variety' [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Arabian Sea: Mumbai and Alibag (Maharashtra, Western coast of India).  [details]

Etymology The subspecific epithet bombayensis refers to the type locality of the subspecies, Bombay (= Mumbai), India.  [details]

Habitat In crevices of trachyte rocks, intertidal.  [details]

Taxonomy Wilson & Glasby (1993: 276) state that ''Perinereis nuntia bombayensis Bhatt & Bal, 1966 (described from India) according to the original description, has only conical paragnaths in an arc on Area VI and therefore must be placed in the genus Neanthes Kinberg, 1866.'' [details]

Type locality Bombay (= Mumbai), Maharashtra, Western India, Arabian Sea (gazetteer estimate 19.06º, 72.82º).  [details]

Validity Name unavailable according to Art. 45.6.3 of the ICZN (4th Ed.), as it was first published after 1960 and the authors expressly used the term "variety", an infrasubspecific rank. [details]