Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443 page(s): 171; note: from Port Jackson, Australia. Kinberg's description appears to have no useful information. [details]
original description
(of Nereis albanyensis Augener, 1913) Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888 [details]
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Turvey, S. P. (1982). The Nereididae of South Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 106(3): 93-144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41071833 page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Augener, Hermann. (1922). Australische Polychaeten des Hamburger zoologisches Museums. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin,.</em> 88A (heft 7): 1-37, 33 text figures (no plates)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45488988 page(s): 20; note: Spelling as 'vaali' (single i). Unrelated to the type, the description is from a specimen Augener identifies as N. vaalii, collected from Sydney [details]
redescription
Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NRS Typsaml 455, geounit Port Jackson [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia; South Australia; Tasmania; New South Wales. [details]
Habitat Associated with Zostera, sand, mud and intertidal clumps of mussels. [details]
Taxonomy Kinberg's original description of Neanthes vaalii appears to have no taxonomically useful information. Here it is: "Lobus cephalicus fere rotundatus fronte mediocri latitudine, brevi, oculi mediocres; antennae dimidiam partem lobi cephalici aequantes; cirri tentaculares paris 3:ii segmentum 8 attingunt". Hartman's (1948) review of Kinberg's types does not comment on Neanthes vaalii, instead deferring to Augener's (1922: 20) review of the Australian species. Augener reports the head is missing, but infers the paragnaths are all conical, perhaps just from Kinberg's placement of the species in genus Neanthes. Augener (1922, review of Australian types) has a figure of a parapodium and 2 hetergomph chaetae, and refers to his own synonymy in the same year (Augener 1922: 20, Hamburg Australian polychaetes) of his Nereis albanyensis to junior synonym of N. vaalii [with spelling 'corrected' as 'vaali'.) [details]
Type material "Kinberg's type lacks a head and the specimen is in two pieces. The parapodia agree well with the South Australian material" (Hutchings & Turvey, 1982: 116). [details]From other sources
Specimen Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm [details]
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