WoRMS source details
Alveolaria lumbricalis Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Sabellaria spinulosa (Leuckart, 1849) (original description)
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 accepted as Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita elliptica Johnston, 1865 (basis of record)
Aphrodita elliptica versicolor Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita longirostra Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus, 1746 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (status source)
Aphrodita pedunculata Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita subrotunda Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Arenicola boeckii Rathke, 1843 accepted as Arenicolides ecaudata (Johnston, 1835) (source of synonymy)
Arenicola branchialis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Arenicolides branchialis (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (source of synonymy)
Arenicola dorvilliana Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Arenicolides branchialis (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (original description)
Arenicola dorvilliana Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Arenicolides branchialis (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (source of synonymy)
Arenicola ecaudata Johnston, 1835 accepted as Arenicolides ecaudata (Johnston, 1835) (taxonomy source)
Arenicola montagui Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Arenicolides branchialis (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (original description)
Arenicola nodosa Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Arenicolides branchialis (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (original description)
Arenicolides branchialis (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (additional source)
Arenicolides ecaudata (Johnston, 1835) (additional source)
Bebryce peripatus [Thompson, 1844] accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (status source)
Chaetogaster vermicularis (Müller, 1774) (additional source)
Cirratulus borealis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Cirratulus cirratus (O. F. Müller, 1776) (redescription)
Cirratulus flavescens Johnston, 1825 accepted as Cirratulus cirratus (O. F. Müller, 1776) (source of synonymy)
Cirratulus tentaculata meridionalis Marenzeller, 1887 accepted as Cirriformia filigera meridionalis (Marenzeller, 1887) (source of synonymy)
Cirratulus tentaculatus (Montagu, 1808) accepted as Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu, 1808) (new combination reference)
Clepsine verrucata Müller, 1844 accepted as Glossiphonia verrucata (Müller, 1844) (new combination reference)
Clitellio arenarius (Müller, 1776) represented as Clitellio (Clitellio) arenarius (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Clymene arenicoida Williams, 1852 (basis of record)
Dalyellia helluo (Müller, 1773) Johnston, 1865 accepted as Vortex helluo (Müller, 1773) Hallez, 1894 accepted as Dalyellia viridis (Shaw, 1791) Graff, 1905 (new combination reference)
Derostoma vorax (Dalyell, 1853) Johnston, 1865 accepted as Mesostoma viridatum (Abildgaard, 1789) Schultze, 1851 accepted as Typhloplana viridata (Abildgaard, 1789) Ehrenberg, 1831 (new combination reference)
Eunice annulicornis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Leodice annulicornis (Johnston, 1865) (original description)
Eurylepta dalyellii Johnston, 1865 accepted as Eurylepta cornuta (Müller OF, 1776) (original description)
Flabelligeridae de Saint-Joseph, 1894 (additional source)
Gattiola Johnston in Baird, 1861 accepted as Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857 (original description)
Gattiola spectabilis Johnston in Baird, 1861 accepted as Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861) (original description)
Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (additional source)
Glycera mitis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (original description)
Glycera nigripes Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (original description)
Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (additional source)
Heteronereis paradoxa Örsted, 1843 accepted as Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840 accepted as Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840) (source of synonymy)
Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808) (additional source)
Lepidonotus granularis Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Lepidonotus granularis Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Lepidonotus imbricatus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835) (original description)
Lepidonotus pellucidus Dyster in Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Lepidonotus pharetratus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Eunoe nodosa (M. Sars, 1861) (original description)
Lepidonotus semisculptus Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Lepidonotus verrucosus Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Lepidonotus verrucosus Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Lineus fasciatus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (original description)
Lineus lineatus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (original description)
Lumbricus viridis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826) (original description)
Lumbrineris tricolor Johnston, 1865 accepted as Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (original description)
Maea Johnston, 1865 accepted as Magelona F. Müller, 1858 (original description)
Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865) (original description)
Maeadae Johnston, 1865 accepted as Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (original description)
Myrianida pinnigera (Montagu, 1808) (additional source)
Nais filiformis [auct. mistaken attribution to Williams, 1852] accepted as Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774) (basis of record)
Nais scotia Johnston, 1865 accepted as Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen, 1828) (original description)
Nais scotica Johnston, 1865 accepted as Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen, 1828) (original description)
Nereidae [auctt.] accepted as Nereididae Blainville, 1818 (additional source)
Nereididae Blainville, 1818 (additional source)
Nereis buccinicola Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Neanthes fucata (Savigny, 1822) (original description)
Nereis caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 (taxonomy source)
Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776 accepted as Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) (taxonomy source)
Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776 accepted as Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776) (source of synonymy)
Nereis foliosa Schmarda, 1861 (original description)
Nereis foliosa Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Phyllodoce lamelligera (Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788) (original description)
Nereis fucata (Savigny, 1822) accepted as Neanthes fucata (Savigny, 1822) (source of synonymy)
Nereis litoralis Leach in Johnston, 1865 (basis of record)
Nereis litoralis Leach in Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840 accepted as Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840) (additional source)
Nereis mollis Linnaeus, 1761 (status source)
Nereis monoceros Dalyell, 1853 (status source)
Nereis pinnigera Montagu, 1808 accepted as Myrianida pinnigera (Montagu, 1808) (source of synonymy)
Nereis sorex Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (source of synonymy)
Nereis sorex Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (original description)
Nereis subulicola Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Nereis teres Dalyell, 1853 (source of synonymy)
Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865 accepted as Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (original description)
Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840 accepted as Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) (source of synonymy)
Northia Johnston, 1865 accepted as Nothria Malmgren, 1867 (original description)
Northia conchylega (Sars, 1835) accepted as Nothria conchylega (Sars, 1835) (new combination reference)
Ophelia eruciformis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Ophelia limacina (Rathke, 1843) (original description)
Opistomum serpentina (Dalyell, 1853) Johnston, 1865 accepted as Prorhynchus serpentinus (Dalyell, 1853) Leuckart, 1859 accepted as Prorhynchus stagnalis Schultze, 1851 (new combination reference)
Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (taxonomy source)
Pectinaria belgica sensu Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Pholoe eximia Johnston, 1865 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (original description)
Pholoe minuta eximia Johnson, 1839 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (source of synonymy)
Phyllodoce cordifolia Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Phyllodoce griffithsii Johnston, 1865 (original description)
Phyllodoce lamelligera (Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788) (taxonomy source)
Planaria cuneus Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Vortex truncatus (Abildgaard, 1879) Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Jensenia truncata (Abildgaard, 1879) Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906 (additional source)
Proto digitata Ørsted, 1842 accepted as Dero digitata (Müller, 1774) (additional source)
Sabella savignyii Johnston, 1865 accepted as Branchiomma argus (Sars, 1862) (original description)
Sabella tubiformis Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Sabella volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (taxonomy source)
Tenby for Lepidonotus pellucidus Dyster in Johnston, 1865
United Kingdom for Convoluta paradoxa Ørsted, 1843
A rare case of a quoted description justifying the authorship of Dyster in Johnston. Johnston reproduces a Dyster ... [details]
The name 'Nereis pulsatoria' clearly came from Montagu and was adopted by Savigny, but probably Montagu's name was ... [details]
The author is Müller as the species Johnston described is clearly a recombination from Lumbricus ciliatus Müller ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Johnston (1865: 195): "Body consisting of about fifteen segments, deeply indented at the ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Johnston (1865: 67): ''Lumbriciform, the body acephalous, distinctly annulated, flattish on ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Johnston (1865: 241): "Body vermiform, with setigerous and uncinated feet to all the segments ... [details]
The specimens that Johnston attributed to Valla ciliata [was Lumbricus ciliatus] were collected from Berwick Bay. ... [details]
England: North Sea (Northumberland); English Channel (Devon). [details]
Nereis tricolor is a mistake, as is Lumbrineris tricolor. The name enters the literature in Johnston's 'catalogue' ... [details]
The Nereis tricolor name is a mistake due to a transcription error by Johnston. He writes: "There is no appearance ... [details]
According to Mackie & Chambers (1990:52) "Several authors have treated Sigalion as neuter, but Sigalion is a Greek ... [details]
Not stated. Johnston (1840) has no mention of a Forbes. However, Johnston (1865: 219) states that "in 1840 I ... [details]
Not stated, uncertain. The Latin word valla is the inflection of the Latin noun vallum, and means 'wall' or ... [details]
Not stated, uncertain. Venusia might refer to the fact that the type species was described as having preference to ... [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet punctata, Latin adjective meaning 'spotted', refers obviously to the presence of ... [details]
"The coralline region, very common" (Johnston, 1865: 241). Tube described as being "generally constructed on old ... [details]
Johnston used the genus Lepidonotus but he includes the MS name of Dyster, which was "Polynoe pellucida" As ... [details]
Serpula conica (Fleming, 1825) in Johnston (1865 [details]
Venusia Johnston, 1865 (Annelida) is a junior primary homonym of Venusia Curtis, 1839 [Lepidoptera; Brit. Entom., 16 ... [details]
The synonymy entries in Johnston (1865: 251) indicate the name Alveolaria was used in the British Museum ... [details]
Museum label name and never an available name. Mentioned only in synonymy to Sabellaria crassissima as a museum ... [details]
Nomenclature British museum label name attributed to Leach, included by Johnston in a synonymy for the purpose of ... [details]
Aphrodita elliptica versicolor Johnston, 1865 is a subspecies without a nominate species. Under ICZN Article 46.1 ... [details]
Hill (1752) is pre-Linnaean and he can not be an author (ICZN 3.2). The ‘type’ for this subspecies is Hill’s ... [details]
Not Terebellidae but Cirratulidae. Not indexed in Hartman catalogue, not seen mentioned in text, but was catalogued ... [details]
Johnston (1840: 178) had one 18 inch epitokous specimen which lacked proboscis paragnaths. Later in his 1865 book ... [details]
The Nereis caerulea name has been little used in the past. Johnston (1865: 155) described it (no figure) and ... [details]
Dalyell's figure (plate XX figure 19) shows what looks like the spirally curved body of a spionid with a pair of ... [details]
Dalyell suggests this species is allied to the syllids. Indeed his plate 22, figures 9-10 show a syllid with ... [details]
Savigny (1822) gives no explanation of his 'Telethusae' family name for Arenicola species so we have no information ... [details]
Family name alternatives Because of changing synonymies and varying interpretations, as well as the synonym ... [details]
Johnston (1865:165) included H. paradoxa Örsted, 1843 as a synonym of Heteronereis longissima (Johnston, 1840) ... [details]
Taxonomists in the 19th Century such as Johnston 1865 placed Cirrhatulus lamarckii under Cirratulus tentaculatus, ... [details]
Objective synonym. Johnston unknowingly redescribed the holotype of Nereis iricolor Montagu, 1804 collected by ... [details]
Other than in listings there appear to be no real subsequent usages as a family name of 'Maeadae', which was ... [details]
Current taxon previously considered to be a junior synonym of Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843, but now regarded as ... [details]
Attributed to Johnston (1865) in the Hartman catalogue. However, as presented Johnston (p.251) was referencing a ... [details]
Tenby, West Wales, United Kingdom [details]
Milton, south coast of Devonshire England, 50.2583, -3.8590, low intertidal under stone, NHMUK1972.74 [same ... [details]
St Andrews, Scotland for neotype. Originally British Isles, unspecified. Johnston notes "This singular worm was ... [details]
England, Atlantic Ocean. The original description refers specimens collected mainly in Berwick Bay (Northumberland, ... [details]
