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Potamis Ehlers, 1887

325988  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325988)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Sabellida (Order)
  8. Sabellidae (Family)
  9. Sabellinae (Subfamily)
  10. Potamis (Genus)
 unaccepted (Potamethus n.n. pro Potamis Ehlers 1887 = junior homonym)
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  1. Species Potamis dubius Eliason, 1951 accepted as Potamethus dubius (Eliason, 1951) (superseded original combination)
  2. Species Potamis scotiae Pixell, 1913 accepted as Potamethus scotiae (Pixell, 1913) (subjective synonym)
  3. Species Potamis spathiferus Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamis Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325988 on 2025-04-04
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2008-03-14 12:50:56Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2010-09-13 23:05:59Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338 [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 556 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
page(s): 879 [details] 


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