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Baird, William. (1871). Description of some new species of Annelida and Gephyrea in the collection of the British Museum. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 11(50): 94–97.
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Baird, William
1871
Description of some new species of Annelida and Gephyrea in the collection of the British Museum
The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology
11(50): 94–97.
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Publication date of issue 11(50): '16 February 1871', although the complete volume 11 is dated 1873.
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 Editor's comment

Clymene is unused today, C. insignis was poorly described, has no usage of the name subsequent to Baird, and the ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The use of the name 'antarcticum' is a mystery as the location of collection was New Zealand [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Publication date

Publication date corrected to 1871, not 1873 as in the Hartman Catalogue. [details]

 Spelling

There is a printer's lapsus in Baird's original spelling of the genus name as "Magascolex", but as the next species ... [details]

 Spelling

Baird used the original spelling "Sanctae-Helenae" with a hyphen and capital letters, but under the zoological Code ... [details]

 Synonymy

Salazar-Vallejo (2012) examined three specimens he said were syntypes and placed the specimens under Flabelligera ... [details]

 Type locality

Straits of Magellan, collected by Dr Cunningham [details]

 Type locality

Type locality unknown to Baird. He only knew the specimen was "taken during the Congo Expedition". Therefore the ... [details]

 Type locality

"Punta Arenas, on the coast of Patagonia. Collected by Dr. Cunningham, of the Surveying Expedition to the Straits ... [details]

 Type locality

Loto, coast of Patagonia, South America, collected by Dr. Cunningham. [details]

 Type locality

Otter islands, Atlantic coast of Patagonia, South America, collected by Dr. Cunningham. [details]

 Type locality

A Coruña (Port?), Spain Atlantic coast. [details]

 Type locality

Baird (1871) states only New Zealand for the location, and that the specimens (plural) were collected by Dr A. Sinclair. [details]