WoRMS name details
Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758
329653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329653)
unaccepted (based by Linnaeus on Seba's illustration which is of an amphinomid)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 654; note: from Mare Indico (Indian Ocean) citing Seba's 'Millepoda marina amboinensis' [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 654; note: from Mare Indico (Indian Ocean) citing Seba's 'Millepoda marina amboinensis' [details] Available for editors
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Status Fauchald dismisses the Linnaeus name of 'Nereis gigantea' as indeterminable (although it is referring to an amphinomid...
Status Fauchald dismisses the Linnaeus name of 'Nereis gigantea' as indeterminable (although it is referring to an amphinomid named by Seba as Millepoda marina amboensis), The unpublished usage in the Paris museum of 'Nereis gigantea' for a Eunicid surely could not be confused with it? The earlier Linnaean name probably has no connection to Lamarck's eventual naming of Leodice gigantea
Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 has priority over Aphrodita carunculata Pallas 1766, but probably has never been used recombined within Amphinomidae, thus prevailing usage can be maintained. Savigny (1822) moved the entity to Amphinomidae, and used Pallas's 'carunculata' rather than Linnaeus's 'gigantea'. [details]
Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 has priority over Aphrodita carunculata Pallas 1766, but probably has never been used recombined within Amphinomidae, thus prevailing usage can be maintained. Savigny (1822) moved the entity to Amphinomidae, and used Pallas's 'carunculata' rather than Linnaeus's 'gigantea'. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329653 on 2024-11-21
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 654; note: from Mare Indico (Indian Ocean) citing Seba's 'Millepoda marina amboinensis' [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
status source Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523
page(s): 155; note: regarded by Fauchald as indeterminable (examined in discussion of "Eunice gigantea auctores") [details]
page(s): 654; note: from Mare Indico (Indian Ocean) citing Seba's 'Millepoda marina amboinensis' [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
status source Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523
page(s): 155; note: regarded by Fauchald as indeterminable (examined in discussion of "Eunice gigantea auctores") [details]
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Status Fauchald dismisses the Linnaeus name of 'Nereis gigantea' as indeterminable (although it is referring to an amphinomid named by Seba as Millepoda marina amboensis), The unpublished usage in the Paris museum of 'Nereis gigantea' for a Eunicid surely could not be confused with it? The earlier Linnaean name probably has no connection to Lamarck's eventual naming of Leodice giganteaNereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 has priority over Aphrodita carunculata Pallas 1766, but probably has never been used recombined within Amphinomidae, thus prevailing usage can be maintained. Savigny (1822) moved the entity to Amphinomidae, and used Pallas's 'carunculata' rather than Linnaeus's 'gigantea'. [details]
