WoRMS name details
Palmyropsis Potts, 1910
324809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324809)
unaccepted (junior homonym, subjective synonym)
Genus
Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910 accepted as Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (type by monotypy)
- Species Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910 accepted as Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym, genus is a junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326; note: monotypic for n.sp. P macintoshi [details]
page(s): 326; note: monotypic for n.sp. P macintoshi [details]
Homonymy Augener (1922: 9-10) noticed that Palmyropsis Potts, 1910 was an unavailable name as a junior homonym of Palmyra...
Homonymy Augener (1922: 9-10) noticed that Palmyropsis Potts, 1910 was an unavailable name as a junior homonym of Palmyra (Palmyropsis) Claparède, 1864 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palmyropsis Potts, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324809 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326; note: monotypic for n.sp. P macintoshi [details]
page(s): 326; note: monotypic for n.sp. P macintoshi [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, Hermann. (1922). Revision der australischen Polychaeten-Typen von Kinberg. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 14(8): 1-42., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413310
page(s): 9-10; note: noted junior homonymy and (in discussion, not a formal synonymy) placed sole species as synonym of Palmyra aurifera [details]
status source Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53.
page(s): 35, 40; note: placed as synonym of Palmyra. Strictly Palmyropsis is firstly a junior homonym and thus unavailable [details]
page(s): 9-10; note: noted junior homonymy and (in discussion, not a formal synonymy) placed sole species as synonym of Palmyra aurifera [details]
status source Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53.
page(s): 35, 40; note: placed as synonym of Palmyra. Strictly Palmyropsis is firstly a junior homonym and thus unavailable [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Potts (1910) created Palmyropsis in Family Palmyridae (now invalid, type genus now in Aphroditidae), evidently overlooking the existing subgenus Palmyra (Palmyropsis) of Claparède, 1864. At the time chrysopetalid forms were also included in Palmyridae. Schmarda (1861) had placed (now) chrysopetalid genera Paleanotus and Bhawania in Palmyridae [details]Homonymy Augener (1922: 9-10) noticed that Palmyropsis Potts, 1910 was an unavailable name as a junior homonym of Palmyra (Palmyropsis) Claparède, 1864 [details]
