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Vanadis Claparède, 1870

129150  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129150)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Phyllodociformia (Suborder)
  8. Phyllodocidae (Family)
  9. Eteoninae (Subfamily)
  10. Alciopini (Tribe)
  11. Vanadis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Mauita Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh, 1885)
  2. Species Vanadis brevirostris Støp-Bowitz, 1991
  3. Species Vanadis crystallina Greeff, 1876
  4. Species Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870
  5. Species Vanadis longissima (Levinsen, 1885)
  6. Species Vanadis macrophthalma Greeff, 1876
  7. Species Vanadis melanophthalmus Greeff, 1885
  8. Species Vanadis minuta Treadwell, 1906
  9. Species Vanadis nans (Chamberlin, 1919)
  10. Species Vanadis studeri Apstein, 1893
  11. Species Vanadis tagensis Dales, 1955
  12. Species Vanadis violacea Apstein, 1893
  13. Species Vanadis augeneri Benham, 1929 accepted as Vanadis crystallina Greeff, 1876 (subjective synonym)
  14. Species Vanadis collata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Vanadis crystallina Greeff, 1876 (subjective synonym)
  15. Species Vanadis fasciata Apstein, 1890 accepted as Vanadis longissima (Levinsen, 1885) (subjective synonym)
  16. Species Vanadis fuscapunctata Treadwell, 1906 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  17. Species Vanadis grandis Izuka, 1914 accepted as Vanadis longissima (Levinsen, 1885) (subjective synonym)
  18. Species Vanadis greeffiana Grube, 1877 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  19. Species Vanadis heterochaeta Viguier, 1886 accepted as Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans, 1880) (subjective synonym)
  20. Species Vanadis latocirrata Apstein, 1891 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  21. Species Vanadis longicauda Apstein, 1891 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  22. Species Vanadis ornata Greeff, 1876 accepted as Vanadis crystallina Greeff, 1876 (subjective synonym)
  23. Species Vanadis pacifica Uschakov, 1957 accepted as Vanadis longissima (Levinsen, 1885) (subjective synonym)
  24. Species Vanadis pelagica Greeff, 1876 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  25. Species Vanadis setosa Greeff, 1885 accepted as Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans, 1880) (subjective synonym)
  26. Species Vanadis tentaculata Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans, 1880) (subjective synonym)
  27. Species Vanadis uncinata Treadwell, 1942 accepted as Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 480 [details] 
Note Type species V. formosa Claparede, 1870 in...  
Type species Type species V. formosa Claparede, 1870 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Etymology The generic name Vanadis is one of the numerous names of Freyja (meaning ''(the) Lady'' in Old Norse), a goddess associated...  
Etymology The generic name Vanadis is one of the numerous names of Freyja (meaning ''(the) Lady'' in Old Norse), a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, war, death and sorcery in the Norse mythology: ''L'un des noms de Freia, la Vénus scandinave'' (Claparède, 1870: 480, footnote). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Vanadis Claparède, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129150 on 2025-05-04
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2017-01-16 11:49:03Z
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Gil, João
2018-01-10 18:43:11Z
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Gil, João
2023-12-03 04:38:13Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 480 [details] 

original description (of Mauita Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 130, 135-136 [details] 

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

 
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Claparède (1870: 480): ''Le genre Vanadis est caractérisé par l'existence d'un appendice cirriforme [...] à l'extrémité des pieds, et par l'absence de denticules durs à la trompe.''  [details]

Etymology The generic name Vanadis is one of the numerous names of Freyja (meaning ''(the) Lady'' in Old Norse), a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, war, death and sorcery in the Norse mythology: ''L'un des noms de Freia, la Vénus scandinave'' (Claparède, 1870: 480, footnote). [details]

Grammatical gender Feminine as named after a Norse goddess according to Claparède. The type species Vanadis formosa is in adjectival agreement. [details]

Unreviewed
Type species Type species V. formosa Claparede, 1870 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
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