WoRMS name details
Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866
325691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325691)
unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by junior synonym Heteromastus)
Genus
Ancistria minima Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) (type by monotypy)
- Species Ancistria acuta Verrill, 1874 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
- Species Ancistria capillaris Verrill, 1874 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) (subjective synonym)
- Species Ancistria minima Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 252 [details]
page(s): 252 [details]
Homonymy Eisig (1887: 835) included the senior name Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866 in the synonymy of his new genus Heteromastus. Eisig...
Homonymy Eisig (1887: 835) included the senior name Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866 in the synonymy of his new genus Heteromastus. Eisig apparently did not consider this as unusual. No indication has been found in his monograph that he knew Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866 was junior to Ancistria Erichson, 1845 in Coleoptera. Ancistria Erichson is the largest genus in Passandridae, which are parasitic bark beetles. Hartman catalogue (1959: 438) has no indication that Ancistria is a junior homonym, so the reason for synonymy to Heteromastus is not obvious in the catalogue. However, Chamberlin (1919: 466) points out the homonymy. There is no indication Chamberlin thought his comments were original, and the homonymy had been detected earlier at least once and published (without the matching senior name) by Leiper (1908). Usage of the species name Ancistria minima as valid ceases after Eisig's monograph, but it was in any case junior to Claparede's Capitella filiformis of 1864. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325691 on 2024-11-09
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 252 [details]
page(s): 252 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Eisig (1887: 835) included the senior name Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866 in the synonymy of his new genus Heteromastus. Eisig apparently did not consider this as unusual. No indication has been found in his monograph that he knew Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866 was junior to Ancistria Erichson, 1845 in Coleoptera. Ancistria Erichson is the largest genus in Passandridae, which are parasitic bark beetles. Hartman catalogue (1959: 438) has no indication that Ancistria is a junior homonym, so the reason for synonymy to Heteromastus is not obvious in the catalogue. However, Chamberlin (1919: 466) points out the homonymy. There is no indication Chamberlin thought his comments were original, and the homonymy had been detected earlier at least once and published (without the matching senior name) by Leiper (1908). Usage of the species name Ancistria minima as valid ceases after Eisig's monograph, but it was in any case junior to Claparede's Capitella filiformis of 1864. [details]
