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WoRMS taxon detailsNereis onychophora Horst, 1918
329711 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329711)
accepted
Species
Nereis (Lycoris) onychophora Horst, 1918 · unaccepted (superseded recombination with...)
superseded recombination with disused subgenus Nereis caenocirrus Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine,
recent only
Horst, Rutger. (1918). On a species of <i>Lycastis</i> and three aberrant forms of Nereidae from the Dutch East Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 4(15): 246-250., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319388
page(s): 248-249 [details] 
Note SE Asia, Indonesia
Type locality SE Asia, Indonesia [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet onychophora is derived from the Ancient Greek and means "bearing or having...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet onychophora is derived from the Ancient Greek and means "bearing or having claws" (onycho = 'claws' or 'nails'; phora = 'bearing'), referring clearly to the shape of the notopodial chaetae in the atokous anterior region of the holotype: "I met with a male Heteronereis, that is characterized by having in the anterior (agamous) body-region, the notopodial fascicle represented by a single, stout, yellow bristle, with a dark brown, hook-shaped apex" (Horst, 1918: 248). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis onychophora Horst, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329711 on 2025-05-31
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Horst, Rutger. (1918). On a species of <i>Lycastis</i> and three aberrant forms of Nereidae from the Dutch East Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 4(15): 246-250., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319388
page(s): 248-249 [details] original description (of Nereis caenocirrus Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv page(s): 209-212, plate 33 figs. 7-8, plate 34 figs. 1-6, plate 35 figs. 1-2 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet onychophora is derived from the Ancient Greek and means "bearing or having claws" (onycho = 'claws' or 'nails'; phora = 'bearing'), referring clearly to the shape of the notopodial chaetae in the atokous anterior region of the holotype: "I met with a male Heteronereis, that is characterized by having in the anterior (agamous) body-region, the notopodial fascicle represented by a single, stout, yellow bristle, with a dark brown, hook-shaped apex" (Horst, 1918: 248). [details]Unreviewed
Type locality SE Asia, Indonesia [details]
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