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Polychaeta name detailsAeolosoma venustum Leidy, 1850
1072066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1072066)
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Leidy, J. (1850). Descriptions of some American Annelida abranchia. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philladelphia.</em> Vol 2 (2): 43-50 + Plate II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730908
page(s): 46-47, plate II figs. 8-12 [details] 
Note In freshwater ditches in the suburbs of...
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Type locality In freshwater ditches in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (gazetteer estimate 39.92°, -75.17°). [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet venustum is a Latin adjective meaning, 'beautiful', 'elegant' or...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet venustum is a Latin adjective meaning, 'beautiful', 'elegant' or 'charming', and refers presumably to the presence of red epidermal glands: "The red spots everywhere dotting the inner surface of the covering, gives it a beautiful appearance" (Leidy, 1850: 47). [details] Status Vaillant (1890: 463) stated that "L'Æolosoma venustum et le Chætodemus panduratus, trouvés dans les environs de...
Status Vaillant (1890: 463) stated that "L'Æolosoma venustum et le Chætodemus panduratus, trouvés dans les environs de Philadelphie, ne paraissent pas différer des Æolosoma Hemprichii, Ehr. et Æ. quaternarium, Ehr. [respectivelly.]" Later, Beddard (1895: 184) considered that the species was a synonym of A. quaternarium instead: "Leidy's A. venustum is only distinguished from A. quaternarium, according to Leidy himself, by its smaller size and longer setae. These characters can hardly be considered sufficient." Finally, van der Land (1971: 691) listed the species under the species inquirendae, considering the taxon to be "an unidentifiable species". The species needs to be reassessed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aeolosoma venustum Leidy, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1072066 on 2024-05-13
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Leidy, J. (1850). Descriptions of some American Annelida abranchia. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philladelphia.</em> Vol 2 (2): 43-50 + Plate II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730908
page(s): 46-47, plate II figs. 8-12 [details] basis of record Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda. , available online at https://nomenclatura-oligochaetologica.inhs.illinois.edu/ [details] additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Cook, D.G. (1966). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta III: Lumbriculidae and additional notes and records of other families. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 118(1): 1-33. page(s): 20; note: A. venustum Leidy, 1850, remains a dubious entity. Having been twice synomyzed with quaternarium, it was then synonymized with A. hemprichii by Naidu (1961). It would seem better to regard it as a dub... A. venustum Leidy, 1850, remains a dubious entity. Having been twice synomyzed with quaternarium, it was then synonymized with A. hemprichii by Naidu (1961). It would seem better to regard it as a dubious entity.  [request] source of synonymy Vaillant, L. (1890). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Lombriciniens, Hirudiniens, Bdellomorphes, Térétulariens et Planariens. vol 3 parts 1 & 2. Paris, Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret [Hirudinea are in vol 3(2)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52128149 page(s): 463; note: suggested synonymy with Aeolosoma hemprichii [details] source of synonymy Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343 page(s): 184; note: considered to be synonymous with Aeolosoma quaternarium [details] status source van der Land, Jacob. (1971). Family Aeolosomatidae. In: Brinkhurst, Ralph O. & Jamieson, Barrie G.M. (Eds). <em>Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World.</em> Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh. pp. 665-707. page(s): 691; note: considered to be an unidentifiable species. [details] Available for editors [request] From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet venustum is a Latin adjective meaning, 'beautiful', 'elegant' or 'charming', and refers presumably to the presence of red epidermal glands: "The red spots everywhere dotting the inner surface of the covering, gives it a beautiful appearance" (Leidy, 1850: 47). [details]Habitat Among confervae algae, in freshwater ditches. [details] Status Vaillant (1890: 463) stated that "L'Æolosoma venustum et le Chætodemus panduratus, trouvés dans les environs de Philadelphie, ne paraissent pas différer des Æolosoma Hemprichii, Ehr. et Æ. quaternarium, Ehr. [respectivelly.]" Later, Beddard (1895: 184) considered that the species was a synonym of A. quaternarium instead: "Leidy's A. venustum is only distinguished from A. quaternarium, according to Leidy himself, by its smaller size and longer setae. These characters can hardly be considered sufficient." Finally, van der Land (1971: 691) listed the species under the species inquirendae, considering the taxon to be "an unidentifiable species". The species needs to be reassessed. [details] Type locality In freshwater ditches in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (gazetteer estimate 39.92°, -75.17°). [details] |