WoRMS name details
original description
Greeff, Richard. (1876). Untersuchungen über die Alciopiden. <em>Nova Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopold-Carolin Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher, Dresden.</em> 39(2): 34-122, pl.2-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12766776 page(s): 69; note: replaced homonym, replacement Greeffia is synonym to Alciopa [details]
source of synonymy
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 182; note: Replaced homonym Nauphanta with Greeffia [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Greeff (1876: 69): ''Kopflappen nicht über die Augen nach vorne sich erhebend. Rüssel ohne Zähnchen. Doppelter, cirrenförmiger Anhang an dem äusseren Ende des Ruders. Borsten zusammengesetzt.'' [details]
Etymology Not stated. Nauphanta refers probably to the name of the trireme vessel (also spelled as 'Nauphantae' or 'Nauphantes') cited in the play The Knights, by Aristophanes (b. Athens, c. 446 BC - d. Delphi, c. 386 BC). [details]
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