WoRMS name details
Sabella reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) sensu Leuckart, 1849
339994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339994)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (perhaps strictly a secondary homonym, but confused)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphitrite reniformis Bruguiére, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Type locality contained in Icelandic part of the North Atlantic Ocean
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Iceland
type locality contained in Icelandic part of the North Atlantic Ocean [details]
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Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Iceland [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) sensu Leuckart, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339994 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphitrite reniformis Bruguiére, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 57 [details]
basis of record Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 183; note: Iceland (unspecified further?) [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
basis of record Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 183; note: Iceland (unspecified further?) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 564; note: Sabella reniformis Leuckart is referred to Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Linnaeus) [sic, for P reniformis Bruguière] [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 564; note: Sabella reniformis Leuckart is referred to Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Linnaeus) [sic, for P reniformis Bruguière] [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Sars, M. (1862). Foredrag om de ved Norges Kyster forekommende Arter af den Linnéiske Annelideslægt Sabella. <em>Forhandliger I Videnskabs Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1861: 116-133.
page(s): 123; note: Latin description [details]
page(s): 123; note: Latin description [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Authority Sabella reniformis Leuckart, 1849 was named long after Amphitrite reniformis was named, but it is the same taxon as Bruguière's as it is based on the unnamed Amphitrite of Müller. Leuckart (1849) writes the name as "Sabella reniformis (Müll.) Mihi" although what he meant by 'mihi' (myself) in this context isn't clear. Perhaps he just meant the recombination into Sabella was his. He would have known a sabellid species named 'reniformis' had been reported upon for decades. Knight-Jones et al 2017: 204 appear to treat the name as a simple synonym, but it could also be regarded as a junior homonym or as a simple recombination of Bruguière's name. Nevertheless Sabella reniformis Leuckart is a name used in the BHL species list. Müller, O. F. (1771) described "Die nieren-formige Amphitrite" (kidney-shaped Amphitrite) from Iceland, but did not give it a Latin name. The name Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) comes from the original combination Amphitrite reniformis Bruguière, 1789: 57 in 'Encyclopedie Methodique'. Although the volume is dated 1792 the first part with Amphitrite is said to be published earlier in 1789 (various authors eg Evenhuis 2003, Sherborn, 1893). On this dating Bruguière predates the 13th Gmelin edition of Systema Naturae (1791: 3110). [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Iceland [details]
