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Polychaeta name detailsLoimia gigantea (Montagu, 1819)
1596464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1596464)
uncertain > nomen dubium (new combination for a nomen dubium)
Species
marine,
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(of Terebella gigantea Montagu, 1819) Montagu, George. (1819 [title page date 1818]). Descriptions of five British species of the genus <i>Terebella</i>. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12 (2): 340-344, pl. 11-13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758907
page(s): 341-342, plate XI [details]
Status McIntosh (1915) created the combination Loimia gigantea (Montagu) for his own specimens collected from Devon. However,...
Status McIntosh (1915) created the combination Loimia gigantea (Montagu) for his own specimens collected from Devon. However, later McIntosh (1922) changes his prior id by including his earlier Devon specimens under Loimia montagui, a new name he creates for Terebella constrictor. It is not known why he creates this new name, but what is implied is that his earlier placement of his material as Loimia gigantea is being changed to match what was Terebella constrictor Montagu. There is no Loimia gigantea in McIntosh (1922) and he also places the original name of Terebella gigantea of Montagu as an Amphitrite as Amphitrite gigantea (Montagu). Possibly McIntosh was wrong with his later placements, but without material to examine it is difficult to know. The most recent comments on the status of the combination Loimia gigantea have been made by Martin et al (2022) who in discussion treat it as a valid species and regard Loimia ramzega Lavesque et al, 2017 from Brittany as its junior synonym. They do not present a formal synonymy or taxon description for Loimia gigantea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Loimia gigantea (Montagu, 1819). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596464 on 2024-04-27
original description
(of Terebella gigantea Montagu, 1819) Montagu, George. (1819 [title page date 1818]). Descriptions of five British species of the genus <i>Terebella</i>. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12 (2): 340-344, pl. 11-13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758907
page(s): 341-342, plate XI [details] new combination reference McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1915). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVII. 1. Additions to and remarks on the British Spionidae and Cirratulidae, viz. on <i>Spio martinensis</i>, Mesnil, <i>Nerinides longirostris</i>, De Quatrefages, <i>N. tridentata</i>, Southern, <i>Polydora coeca</i>, Oersted, <i>Aonides paucibranchiata</i>, Southern, <i>Chaetozone alata</i>, Southern, <i>C. killariensis</i>, Southern, and <i>Macrochaeta clavicornis</i>, Sars. 2. On the British Terebellidae. 3. On the Terebellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by the 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 4. On the Chaetopteridae, Amphictenidae, and Ampharetidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-1873. 5. On the Ampharetidae and Terebellidae dredged by Canon A. M. Norman off Norway. 6. On the occurrence of one of the Pisionidae at St. Andrews. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 15(85): 1-58, plates I-III., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255598 page(s): 17, no figures; note: location unspecified but 'from the shores of Devon' [details] status source Martin, Daniel; Capa, Maria; MartÃnez, Alejandro; Costa, Ana Cristina. (2022). Taxonomic implications of describing a new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) with two size-dependent morphotypes. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 833: 60-96., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1887 page(s): 84-85; note: Authors treat Loimia gigantea as a valid species and regard Loimia ramzega Lavesque et al, 2017 from Brittany as its junior synonym. They do not present a formal synonymy or taxon description for Loim... Authors treat Loimia gigantea as a valid species and regard Loimia ramzega Lavesque et al, 2017 from Brittany as its junior synonym. They do not present a formal synonymy or taxon description for Loimia gigantea  [request] status source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111 page(s): 147; note: McIntosh changes his prior id by including his earlier Devon specimens then recorded as Loimia gigantea and now placed under Loimia montagui a new name (for Terebella constrictor) [details] From editor or global species database
Status McIntosh (1915) created the combination Loimia gigantea (Montagu) for his own specimens collected from Devon. However, later McIntosh (1922) changes his prior id by including his earlier Devon specimens under Loimia montagui, a new name he creates for Terebella constrictor. It is not known why he creates this new name, but what is implied is that his earlier placement of his material as Loimia gigantea is being changed to match what was Terebella constrictor Montagu. There is no Loimia gigantea in McIntosh (1922) and he also places the original name of Terebella gigantea of Montagu as an Amphitrite as Amphitrite gigantea (Montagu). Possibly McIntosh was wrong with his later placements, but without material to examine it is difficult to know.The most recent comments on the status of the combination Loimia gigantea have been made by Martin et al (2022) who in discussion treat it as a valid species and regard Loimia ramzega Lavesque et al, 2017 from Brittany as its junior synonym. They do not present a formal synonymy or taxon description for Loimia gigantea [details] |