WoRMS name details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 page(s): 225, plate XII figs. 5-7 [details]
additional source
Heppell, David 1963. Serpula Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Polychaeta). Proposed designation of a type-species under the plenary powers and relevant proposals. Z.N.(S.) 1606. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(6): 443-446., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221788 page(s): 443 [details]
source of synonymy
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology As 'penicillus' is a masculine Latin noun diminutive meaning a little brush, it is here regarded as unchanging as a noun in apposition to a feminine genus. If Linnaeus had intended an adjective he would have used 'penicillatus' meaning brush-like. A feminine form 'penicilla' is not possible, and penicilla is also the nominative plural of neuter noun penicillum [details]
Nomenclature It seems clear that Sabella penicillus (was Serpula penicillus) is the valid name for what is known widely as Sabella spallanzanii. For the purposes of stability, following Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998), this is currently ignored. Knight-Jones & Perkins (1988) assign Serpula penicillus (later Sabella penicillus) of Linnaeus, 1758 to Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791), which was originally Tubularia spallanzanii, which is named in a later edition of the same work, "Systema naturae". Readers will have to study their article to see why they did this. It does not follow priority. [details]
Type locality Malta. Author: "Habitat in M. Mediterraneo ad Melitam"
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