WoRMS name details

Polynoe contaminata Grube, 1876

338948  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338948)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794
page(s): 61, 62; note: Cape York, Australia [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Cape York, Australia  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cape York, Australia [details]
Taxonomy Augener is uncertain if the specimen he describes and calls Lepidonotus yorkianus is the same specimen previously named...  
Taxonomy Augener is uncertain if the specimen he describes and calls Lepidonotus yorkianus is the same specimen previously named Polynoe contaminata by Grube (1876). Hartman catalogue (1959: 100) places Polynoe contaminata as "questionably Lepidonotus yorkianus" but this is not possible as P. contaminata is the senior name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polynoe contaminata Grube, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338948 on 2024-03-28
Date
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2020-11-29 19:51:48Z
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original description Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794
page(s): 61, 62; note: Cape York, Australia [details]  OpenAccess publication 

status source Augener, Hermann. (1922). Australische Polychaeten des Hamburger zoologisches Museums. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin,.</em> 88A (heft 7): 1-37, 33 text figures (no plates)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45488988
page(s): 5; note: Augener is uncertain if the specimen he calls Lepidonotus yorkianus is the same specimen named Polynoe contaminata by Grube. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Augener is uncertain if the specimen he describes and calls Lepidonotus yorkianus is the same specimen previously named Polynoe contaminata by Grube (1876). Hartman catalogue (1959: 100) places Polynoe contaminata as "questionably Lepidonotus yorkianus" but this is not possible as P. contaminata is the senior name. [details]

Type locality Cape York, Australia [details]