WoRMS name details

Psectra obscura Grube, 1868

336450  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336450)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Chrysopetalidae (Family)
  9. Chrysopetalinae (Subfamily)
  10. Psectra (Genus)
  11. Psectra obscura (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1868). eine Reihe neuer Anneliden und deren Abbildungen. <em>Jahresbericht der Schlesichen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur.</em> 45: 50-52., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46568007 [details] 
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Brazil  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
Taxonomy Grube here appears to be re-using a name mentioned by Prof. Fr. Müller (nomen nudum Palmyra obscura Müller, 1858) for a...  
Taxonomy Grube here appears to be re-using a name mentioned by Prof. Fr. Müller (nomen nudum Palmyra obscura Müller, 1858) for a specimen shipped to him by Müller. He states it forms a separate genus Psectra and must be adjacent to Bhawania Schmarda [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Psectra obscura Grube, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336450 on 2025-04-05
Date
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by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-04-13 23:07:56Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1868). eine Reihe neuer Anneliden und deren Abbildungen. <em>Jahresbericht der Schlesichen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur.</em> 45: 50-52., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46568007 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 103; note: to Bhawania in Chrysopetalidae [details] 

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy Grube here appears to be re-using a name mentioned by Prof. Fr. Müller (nomen nudum Palmyra obscura Müller, 1858) for a specimen shipped to him by Müller. He states it forms a separate genus Psectra and must be adjacent to Bhawania Schmarda [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]

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