WoRMS name details
Sabella pottaei Quatrefages, 1866
331604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331604)
unaccepted (nomen oblitum (fide Knight-Jones & Mackie, 2003))
Species
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): 436; note: New Caledonia. Specimen in collection of Paris Museum, MNHN A244 [details]
page(s): 436; note: New Caledonia. Specimen in collection of Paris Museum, MNHN A244 [details]
Type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia
type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia [details]
Nomenclature Senior to Sabellastarte japonica Marenzeller, but unused since Grube 1870. Knight-Jones & Mackie (2003) matched the type...
Nomenclature Senior to Sabellastarte japonica Marenzeller, but unused since Grube 1870. Knight-Jones & Mackie (2003) matched the type to that of S. japonica but regarded the name as an unused nomen oblitum, stating "so according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN, 1999, article 23.9.1, the rules of priority can be waived." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella pottaei Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331604 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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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): 436; note: New Caledonia. Specimen in collection of Paris Museum, MNHN A244 [details]
page(s): 436; note: New Caledonia. Specimen in collection of Paris Museum, MNHN A244 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629
page(s): 2288; note: Senior to Sabellastarte japonica Marenzeller, but a nomen oblitum, [details]
page(s): 2288; note: Senior to Sabellastarte japonica Marenzeller, but a nomen oblitum, [details]





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Nomenclature Senior to Sabellastarte japonica Marenzeller, but unused since Grube 1870. Knight-Jones & Mackie (2003) matched the type to that of S. japonica but regarded the name as an unused nomen oblitum, stating "so according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN, 1999, article 23.9.1, the rules of priority can be waived." [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia [details]