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Polychaeta name details

Audouinia polytrica [lapsus by Quatrefages]

336522  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336522)

 unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (superseded recombination, misspelled specific epithet)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cirratulus polytrichus Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 48, 4 text-figs. [top of page], plate XXVII fig. 214 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nomenclature Hartman catalogue p.405 records the name as 'Cirratulus polytrica', which is misleading as Quatrefages has 'Cirratulus...  
Nomenclature Hartman catalogue p.405 records the name as 'Cirratulus polytrica', which is misleading as Quatrefages has 'Cirratulus polytricus' (sic for polytrichus) Schmarda in his synonymy, but actually assigns it to the genus Audouinia as 'polytrica' (sic, for polytricha) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Audouinia polytrica [lapsus by Quatrefages]. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336522 on 2026-06-13
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2014-05-26 07:23:08Z
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2025-08-03 16:49:45Z
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original description (of Cirratulus polytrichus Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 48, 4 text-figs. [top of page], plate XXVII fig. 214 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 405 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 461; note: recombined from Cirratulus, with misspelling of specific epithet [details] OpenAccess publication
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Hartman catalogue p.405 records the name as 'Cirratulus polytrica', which is misleading as Quatrefages has 'Cirratulus polytricus' (sic for polytrichus) Schmarda in his synonymy, but actually assigns it to the genus Audouinia as 'polytrica' (sic, for polytricha) [details]