WoRMS taxon details
Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015
867439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867439)
accepted
Genus
Lizardia quasimodo Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 accepted as Varanusia quasimodo (Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015) (type by original designation)
Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 · unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos.; Hutchings, Pat; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). <em>Varanusia</em> <em>nom</em>. nov., a replacement name for <em>Lizardia</em> Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 (Annelida: Terebellidae), preoccupied by <em>Lizardia</em> Pleijel & Rouse, 2005. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(1): 141., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.10
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
Etymology The generic name Varanusia makes reference to Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980, the yellow-spotted monitor lizard. This lizard...
Homonymy Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 is the replacement name for Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette,...
Etymology The generic name Varanusia makes reference to Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980, the yellow-spotted monitor lizard. This lizard is the best-known animal of Lizard Island, type locality of the genotype. It was due to the abundant presence of this lizard that James Cook named the island as Lizard Island in 1770, during his exploration of the east coast of Australia. [details]
Homonymy Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 is the replacement name for Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette,...
Homonymy Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 is the replacement name for Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 (Annelida: Terebellidae), proposed to accomodate L. quasimodo Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. The name Lizardia was pre-occupied by another polychaete genus, Lizardia Pleijel & Rouse, 2005 (Annelida: Hesionidae). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867439 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos.; Hutchings, Pat; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). <em>Varanusia</em> <em>nom</em>. nov., a replacement name for <em>Lizardia</em> Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 (Annelida: Terebellidae), preoccupied by <em>Lizardia</em> Pleijel & Rouse, 2005. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(1): 141., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.10
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015) Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 484-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18
page(s): 529-531 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015) Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 484-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18
page(s): 529-531 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name Varanusia makes reference to Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980, the yellow-spotted monitor lizard. This lizard is the best-known animal of Lizard Island, type locality of the genotype. It was due to the abundant presence of this lizard that James Cook named the island as Lizard Island in 1770, during his exploration of the east coast of Australia. [details]Homonymy Varanusia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 is the replacement name for Lizardia Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015 (Annelida: Terebellidae), proposed to accomodate L. quasimodo Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. The name Lizardia was pre-occupied by another polychaete genus, Lizardia Pleijel & Rouse, 2005 (Annelida: Hesionidae). [details]
