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Fauchald, Kristian. (1986). Review of the types and key to the species of Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) from the Australian Region. Records of the Australian Museum. 38(5): 241-262.
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10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.182 [view]
Fauchald, Kristian
1986
Review of the types and key to the species of <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) from the Australian Region
Records of the Australian Museum
38(5): 241-262
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb); also available at: Smithsonian Repository
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Nineteen species of Eunice have been described from Australia, New Zealand and adjacent areas. The types of these species are redescribed and illustrated. Of the 19 species, two can no longer be recognized and no types are available. These two species, E. gaimardi and E. quoya, both described by Quatrefages (1866), are here considered indeterminable. A key to all species recorded from the area is given.
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Eunice curticirrus Knox, 1960 (redescription)
Eunice gaimardi Quatrefages, 1866 (status source)
Eunice leuconuchalis Benham, 1900 accepted as Eunice australis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leodice australis (Quatrefages, 1866) (status source)
Eunice tentaculata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Eunice laticeps Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Leodice laticeps (Ehlers, 1868) (redescription)
Eunice gaimardi Quatrefages, 1866 (status source)
Eunice leuconuchalis Benham, 1900 accepted as Eunice australis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leodice australis (Quatrefages, 1866) (status source)
Eunice tentaculata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Eunice laticeps Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Leodice laticeps (Ehlers, 1868) (redescription)
Homonymy
Eunice tentaculata Kinberg, 1865, is a senior primary homonym to E. tentaculata Quatrefages, 1865, which was ... [details]
Nomenclature
Eunice laticeps is a replacement name of Ehlers (1868: 312) because two E. tentaculata names were published almost ... [details]
Status
Regarded as indeterminable by Fauchald (1986: 251) as type is missing and description is inadequate. [details]
Taxonomy
Original name pre-occupied. Eunice laticeps is a replacement name of Ehlers (1868: 312). See the nomenclature note ... [details]