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Nereis (Lipephile) macropus Claparède, 1870

339172  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339172)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Nereididae (Family)
  9. Nereidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Nereis (Genus)
  11. Nereis (Lipephile) (Subgenus)
  12. Nereis (Lipephile) macropus (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 444-448, plate VIII fig. 1 [details] 
Type locality contained in Naples Gulf  
type locality contained in Naples Gulf [details]
, Note Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 40.7°, 14.25°). [details]
Type material Types not retained. [details]
Depth range Not stated in the original description.  
Depth range Not stated in the original description. [details]

Distribution Mediterranean Sea: Gulf of Naples (Italy).  
Distribution Mediterranean Sea: Gulf of Naples (Italy). [details]

Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet macropus is a New Latin adjective derived from the Ancient...  
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet macropus is a New Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek meaning 'large-footed', and refers presumably to the presence of long foliaceous notopodial ligules in the posterior parapodia: "ligula superiore in parte corporis posteriore valde elongata [...] plus en arrière [la forme des pieds] change graduellement par suite d'un développement excessif de la rame supérieure, au point que dans la région postérieure la forme des pieds (1 F) devient méconnaissable. Un examen attentif enseigne cependant que la forme si anormale de ces pieds est due à un développement excessif de la languette supérieure (a), portant toujours le cirre dorsal (d) près de son extrémité" (Claparède, 1870: 444, 446). [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus.  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Lipephile) macropus Claparède, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339172 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian

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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): 444-448, plate VIII fig. 1 [details] 

new combination reference Fauvel, Pierre. (1912). Sur quelques néréidiens (<i>Perinereis marionii</i> Aud. Edw. - <i>P. macropus</i> Clap. - <i>Neanthes succinea</i> Leuck.). <em>Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences, Compte Rendu.</em> 40me Session Dijon 1911 (2): 559-566., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5115320
page(s): 564-565; note: as Perinereis macropus [details] 

new combination reference Horst, Rutger. (1889). Contributions towards the knowledge of the Annelida Polychaeta. III. On species of <i>Nereis</i>, belonging to the sub-genus <i>Perinereis</i>. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 11(3): 161-186, plates 7-8., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/509452
page(s): 163-164, plate 7 fig. 12; note: as Nereis (Perinereis) macropus [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in the original description. [details]

Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Claparède (1870: 444): "Lipephile longitudine 80 ad 90mm, latitudine 3mm,5, segmentis circa 160, laete viridis. Oculi rotundi in rectangulo positi; cirri tentaculares breves; pedes sensim mutantes, ligula superiore in parte corporis posteriore valde elongata, setis spinosis omnibus homogomphis, falcatis heterogomphis." [details]

Distribution Mediterranean Sea: Gulf of Naples (Italy). [details]

Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet macropus is a New Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek meaning 'large-footed', and refers presumably to the presence of long foliaceous notopodial ligules in the posterior parapodia: "ligula superiore in parte corporis posteriore valde elongata [...] plus en arrière [la forme des pieds] change graduellement par suite d'un développement excessif de la rame supérieure, au point que dans la région postérieure la forme des pieds (1 F) devient méconnaissable. Un examen attentif enseigne cependant que la forme si anormale de ces pieds est due à un développement excessif de la languette supérieure (a), portant toujours le cirre dorsal (d) près de son extrémité" (Claparède, 1870: 444, 446). [details]

Habitat Not stated in the original description. Type material collected during the winter 1868-1869. [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]

Type locality Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 40.7°, 14.25°). [details]

Type material Types not retained. [details]
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