WoRMS name details
Praxilla challengeriae McIntosh, 1885
1368758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1368758)
unaccepted (superseded original combination (genus homonym))
Species
Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [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): 404, plate 25A, fig. 5 [not plate 35A, as erroneously referred in the text]; note: as Praxilla (?) challengeriae, indicating McIntosh was uncertain of the genus. The holotype specimen was a dried tail fragment! [details]
page(s): 404, plate 25A, fig. 5 [not plate 35A, as erroneously referred in the text]; note: as Praxilla (?) challengeriae, indicating McIntosh was uncertain of the genus. The holotype specimen was a dried tail fragment! [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Praxilla challengeriae McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1368758 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [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): 404, plate 25A, fig. 5 [not plate 35A, as erroneously referred in the text]; note: as Praxilla (?) challengeriae, indicating McIntosh was uncertain of the genus. The holotype specimen was a dried tail fragment! [details]
page(s): 404, plate 25A, fig. 5 [not plate 35A, as erroneously referred in the text]; note: as Praxilla (?) challengeriae, indicating McIntosh was uncertain of the genus. The holotype specimen was a dried tail fragment! [details]
Other
additional source
Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 485; note: tentative record for Japan [details]
page(s): 485; note: tentative record for Japan [details]
