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Salazar-Vallejo, S. I.; Carrera-Parra, L. F.; Muir, A. I.; De León-González, J. A.; Piotrowski, C.; Sato, M. (2014). Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas. Zootaxa. 3842(1): 1-68.
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10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1 [view]
Salazar-Vallejo, S. I.; Carrera-Parra, L. F.; Muir, A. I.; De León-González, J. A.; Piotrowski, C.; Sato, M.
2014
Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas
Zootaxa
3842(1): 1-68
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Open Access article
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The South China and Philippine Seas are among the most diverse regions in the Western Pacific. Although there are several local polychaete checklists available, there is none comprising the whole of this region. Presented herein is a comprehensive list of the original names of all polychaete species described from the region. The list contains 1037 species, 345 genera and 60 families; the type locality, type depository, and information regarding synonymy are presented for each species.
Philippines
Nereis indica Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Neanthes indica (Kinberg, 1865) (additional source)
Platysyllis semperiana Grube, 1878 (additional source)
Polychaeta (additional source)
Platysyllis semperiana Grube, 1878 (additional source)
Polychaeta (additional source)
Holotype
Deposited at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (SMNH 470). [details]
Type locality
Pacific Ocean, China Sea, probably Shanghai (see type material note) [details]
Type material
The NHM data portal lists BMNH 1865.3.9.30, 31 specimens, as syntypes but this is an error; these are Challenger ... [details]
Type material
The type specimen "Chinese Sea, probably Shangai [sic]. ZMB 1044" is lost (Salazar-Vallejo et al (2014: 12)) [details]
Type material
Type should be deposited at UMUT, probably lost. [details]
Type material
Apparently not deposited at the MPW or ZMB, where other type material described by Grube (1878) is deposited. ... [details]
