WoRMS name details
Eunice Rafinesque, 1815
597658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597658)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (name only in Rafinesque's Eurypilia group of Annelida)
Genus
marine
feminine
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 135; note: No description. Name only in Rafinesque's Eurypilia group of Annelida [details]
page(s): 135; note: No description. Name only in Rafinesque's Eurypilia group of Annelida [details]
Status Nomen nudum. Eunice is mentioned as a name only in Rafineque's Eurypilia group of Annelida. The Hartman catalogue (p307) ...
Status Nomen nudum. Eunice is mentioned as a name only in Rafineque's Eurypilia group of Annelida. The Hartman catalogue (p307) places it as a nomen nudum. Fauchald (1992:3) states that Rafinesque's use of the the word Eunice is a nomen nudum and thus unavailable and is not senior to Eunice Cuvier, 1817. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597658 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 135; note: No description. Name only in Rafinesque's Eurypilia group of Annelida [details]
page(s): 135; note: No description. Name only in Rafinesque's Eurypilia group of Annelida [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523
page(s): 3; note: Fauchald states that Rafinesque's use of the the word Eunice is a nomen nudum and thus unavailable and is not senior to Eunice Cuvier, 1817 [details]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 307; note: stated to be a nomen nudum. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 3; note: Fauchald states that Rafinesque's use of the the word Eunice is a nomen nudum and thus unavailable and is not senior to Eunice Cuvier, 1817 [details]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 307; note: stated to be a nomen nudum. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Nomen nudum. Eunice is mentioned as a name only in Rafineque's Eurypilia group of Annelida. The Hartman catalogue (p307) places it as a nomen nudum. Fauchald (1992:3) states that Rafinesque's use of the the word Eunice is a nomen nudum and thus unavailable and is not senior to Eunice Cuvier, 1817. [details]
