WoRMS name details

Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974

594750  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594750)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine
recent only
Paxton, H. 1974. Contribution to the study of the Australian Nephtyidae (Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 29(7): 197-208., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Paxton-1974-Rec-Aust-Mus-297-197208/
page(s): 204 [details]   
Holotype  AM AMS W5251, verbatimGeounit Bateman's Bay,...  
Holotype AM AMS W5251, verbatimGeounit Bateman's Bay, New S... [details]
Note Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, Australia,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, Australia, approx. 35° 62'S, 150° 11'E, sandflat, December 1960, Isobel Bennett, collector. [details]
Etymology "The lobe with the frontal antennae give the impression of a Viking helmet, hence the specific name."  
Etymology "The lobe with the frontal antennae give the impression of a Viking helmet, hence the specific name." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594750 on 2024-05-05
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original description Paxton, H. 1974. Contribution to the study of the Australian Nephtyidae (Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 29(7): 197-208., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Paxton-1974-Rec-Aust-Mus-297-197208/
page(s): 204 [details]   

source of synonymy Rainer, Sebastian F. and Hutchings, Pat 1977. Nephtyidae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 31(8): 307-347., available online at http://http:/australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17518/216_complete.pdf
page(s): 332 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype AM AMS W5251, verbatimGeounit Bateman's Bay, New S... [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "The lobe with the frontal antennae give the impression of a Viking helmet, hence the specific name." [details]

Synonymy According to Rainer & Hutchings (1977) "Paxton agrees with Augener (1922) that N. longipes is indeterminable, but [their differing assessment is that] sufficient information is given in Stimpson's description for N vikingensis to be synonymised with N. longipes." [details]

Type locality Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, Australia, approx. 35° 62'S, 150° 11'E, sandflat, December 1960, Isobel Bennett, collector. [details]