WoRMS taxon details
Pherusa obscura Quatrefages, 1849
336798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336798)
accepted
Species
Trophonia borealis Hansen, 1880 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, Armand de 1849. Études sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des Annéles. Mémoire sur la famille des Chlorèmiens, Chloraema nob. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 3, 12: 277-306., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13441076
page(s): 289 [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
Note Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula,...
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Type locality Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula, Normandy coast, France, gazetteer estimate 49.5835, -1.2631 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pherusa obscura Quatrefages, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336798 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Quatrefages, Armand de 1849. Études sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des Annéles. Mémoire sur la famille des Chlorèmiens, Chloraema nob. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 3, 12: 277-306., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13441076
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Trophonia borealis Hansen, 1880) Hansen, G. Armauer. (1880). Annelider fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition i 1878. <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Christiania.</em> 25(4): 225-234., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49415494
page(s): 230 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
note: earlier synonymy to Pherusa plumosa [details]
redescription Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 479; note: describes same specimen as in 1849 [details]
redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
page(s): 31; note: redescription of MNHN 627, but there is doubt this is the holotype. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Trophonia borealis Hansen, 1880) Hansen, G. Armauer. (1880). Annelider fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition i 1878. <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Christiania.</em> 25(4): 225-234., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49415494
page(s): 230 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
note: earlier synonymy to Pherusa plumosa [details]
redescription Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 479; note: describes same specimen as in 1849 [details]
redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
page(s): 31; note: redescription of MNHN 627, but there is doubt this is the holotype. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MNHN 627, geounit Manche [details]
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Holotype Salazar-Vallejo (2014) notes that MNHN 627 is regarded as the holotype by the holding museum, but this is doubtful as it is a much smaller specimen than that described twice by Quatrefages (1849 & 1866), and has an 1868 collection date, although apparently from the same location. [details]Type locality Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula, Normandy coast, France, gazetteer estimate 49.5835, -1.2631 [details]
