WoRMS name details
Leanira laevis McIntosh, 1885
861650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:861650)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 156-157, Pl. XX fig. 4, Pl. XXIII figs. 10-11 [details]
page(s): 156-157, Pl. XX fig. 4, Pl. XXIII figs. 10-11 [details]
Holotype NHMUK BMNH 1885.12.1.119b, geounit Queen...
, Note Challenger station 167A, Queen Charlotte Sound...
Holotype NHMUK BMNH 1885.12.1.119b, geounit Queen Charlotte Sound [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Challenger station 167A, Queen Charlotte Sound entrance, New Zealand, -41.0667, 174.3167, 18 m [details]
Homonymy Pettibone (1970) elected to treat Leanira laevis McIntosh, 1874 as a nomen nudum, rather than as a senior homonym to the...
Homonymy Pettibone (1970) elected to treat Leanira laevis McIntosh, 1874 as a nomen nudum, rather than as a senior homonym to the Challenger monograph use of the name. McIntosh (1874) had briefly mentioned L. laevis as the name of his Porcupine Expedition sigalionids (actually L. hystricis Ehlers) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leanira laevis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=861650 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 156-157, Pl. XX fig. 4, Pl. XXIII figs. 10-11 [details]
page(s): 156-157, Pl. XX fig. 4, Pl. XXIII figs. 10-11 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1992). Two new genera and four new combinations of Sigalionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 105(3): 614-629., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35607793
page(s): 616 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 616 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK BMNH 1885.12.1.119b, geounit Queen Charlotte Sound [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Pettibone (1970) elected to treat Leanira laevis McIntosh, 1874 as a nomen nudum, rather than as a senior homonym to the Challenger monograph use of the name. McIntosh (1874) had briefly mentioned L. laevis as the name of his Porcupine Expedition sigalionids (actually L. hystricis Ehlers) [details]Type locality Challenger station 167A, Queen Charlotte Sound entrance, New Zealand, -41.0667, 174.3167, 18 m [details]
