WoRMS name details
Parhypania brevispina [subsequent misspelling]
1440220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440220)
unaccepted (incorrect suffix change )
Species
Parhypania Annenkova, 1928 accepted as Hypania Ostroumoff, 1897
brackish, fresh
recent only
(of Amphicteis brevispinis Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 109, plate V fig. 5; note: note the printer's error as 'brivispinis' in the text, corrected to 'brevispinis' in the figure captions [details]
page(s): 109, plate V fig. 5; note: note the printer's error as 'brivispinis' in the text, corrected to 'brevispinis' in the figure captions [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Parhypania brevispina [subsequent misspelling]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440220 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
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(of Amphicteis brevispinis Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 109, plate V fig. 5; note: note the printer's error as 'brivispinis' in the text, corrected to 'brevispinis' in the figure captions [details]
basis of record Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173
page(s): 28; note: listing as Parhypania brevispina, without explanation for the change of suffix [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 109, plate V fig. 5; note: note the printer's error as 'brivispinis' in the text, corrected to 'brevispinis' in the figure captions [details]
basis of record Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173
page(s): 28; note: listing as Parhypania brevispina, without explanation for the change of suffix [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Day, John H. (1964). A review of the family Ampharetidae (Polychaeta. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 48(4): 97-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40722718
page(s): 101; note: usage in text flow as Parhypania brevispina [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 101; note: usage in text flow as Parhypania brevispina [details] Available for editors
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Spelling The misspelling of 'brevispina' by Wesenberg-Lund (1958) appears to have been used uncritically later by users of her compilation of taxa. The species name 'brevispinis' was formulated using the ablative plural of 'spina' spine, thus the meaning is short spines (plural). It cannot be changed to the singular 'spina' for supposed gender agreement. Likewise the original genus Amphicteis, the valid combination genus Hypania, and the intermediate genus Parhypania are all feminine. Thus there is no gender change involved when moving taxa between the three genera [details]
