Halecium crassicaule Fraser 1947
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Halecium crassicaule Fraser, 1947a
Halecium robustum Nutting, 1901a: 182, pl. 23, figs.3–5 [invalid junior primary homonym of Halecium robustum Verrill, 1873, and Halecium robustum Pieper, 1884, and Halecium robustum Αllman, 1888].
Halecium harrimani Nutting, 1901b: 789 [new replacement name for Halecium robustum Nutting, 1901a, not Halecium robustum Verrill, 1873].
Halecium crassicaule Fraser, 1947a: 273 [new replacement name for Halecium robustum Nutting, 1901a, not Halecium robustum Verrill, 1873].
Syntypes. USNM 71169: USA, Alaska, Harriman Alaska Expedition, Alexander Archipelago, Glacier Bay, Berg Inlet; ethanol.
USNM 70881: USA, Alaska, Alaska, Alexander Archipelago, Glacier Bay; ethanol.
Type locality. USA, Alaska: Glacier Bay, Berg Inlet (Nutting 1901a).
Current status. Invalid.
Remarks. Fraser (1944a: 201) recognized that the name Halecium robustum Nutting, 1901a was preoccupied by several other binomena, including H. robustum Verrill, 1873. Unaware that Nutting (1901b) had already discovered the homonymy and provided H. harrimani as a new replacement name for his H. robustum, Fraser (1947a: 273) proposed H. crassicaule as a nomen novum for the same taxon. As a junior objective synonym of Nutting’s H. robustum and H. harrimani, Fraser’s H. crassicaule has the same name-bearing types (ICZN Art. 72.7). The name H. harrimani is now taken to be the valid name of the species (Calder 2004; WoRMS).
Two collections of Halecium robustum Nutting, 1901a (= H. harrimani) from Glacier Bay, Alaska, are listed in the online database of the NMNH. Only one of them is listed as syntype material (USNM 71169). The second (USNM 70881), having similar collection data, has not been included as a name-bearing type. It, too, is regarded here as part of the syntype series. No other type material of the species is known to exist. From published records, H. harrimani is presently known only from the type locality (Fraser 1947a).
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- USNM
- Family
- Haleciidae
- Genus
- Halecium
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- USNM 70881
- Order
- Leptothecata
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Fraser
- Species
- crassicaule
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Halecium crassicaule Fraser, 1947 sec. Calder & Choong, 2018
References
- Fraser, C. M. (1947 a) Distribution and relationship in American hydroids. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 464 pp. [dated 1946 on title page of book, but not published until about 25 February 1947: W. J. Dunlop (University of Toronto Press) to J. Turnbull (University of Toronto Press), letter dated February 13, 1947, " Mr. Ross will complete the binding of the above book (Distribution and relationship in American hydroids) sometime Monday or Tuesday. " - S. J. Cook (National Research Council, Canada) to W. J. Dunlop, letter dated February 25, 1947, " We have received 500 copies of Dr. C. McLean Fraser's book on " Distribution and relationship in Αmerican hydroids. " Both letters in University of Toronto Αrchives and Records Management Services, University of Toronto Press Fonds, B 1998 - 0025, Box 5]
- Nutting, C. C. (1901 a) Papers from the Harriman Αlaska Expedition. XXI. The hydroids. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 3, 157 - 216.
- Verrill, Α. E. (1873) Brief contributions to zoology, from the Museum of Yale College. No. XXIII. - Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. American Journal of Science and Arts, Series 3, 5, 1 - 16.
- Pieper, F. W. (1884) Erganzungen zu " Heller's Zoophyten etc. des adriatischen Meeres ". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 7, 164 - 169.
- Nutting, C. C. (1901 b) Correspondence. American Naturalist, 35, 789. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / 278005
- Fraser, C. M. (1944 a) Hydroids of the Atlantic coast of North America. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 451 pp. [published no later than 19 July 1944: W. J. Dunlop (University of Toronto Press) to S. J. Cook (National Research Council, Canada), letter dated June 8, 1944, " We have almost finished our work on Hydroids of the Αtlantic coast. The sheets are in the bindery and we should begin shipping before long. " - C. M. Fraser to W. J. Dunlop, letter dated July 19, 1944, " The six copies of ' Hydroids of the Αtlantic coast of North Αmerica' arrived safely. " Both letters in University of Toronto Αrchives and Records Management Services, University of Toronto Press Fonds, B 1998 - 0025, Box 5]
- Calder, D. R. (2004) From birds to hydroids: Charles Cleveland Nutting (1858 - 1927) of the University of Iowa, USΑ. Hydrobiologia, 530 / 531, 13 - 25. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10750 - 004 - 2668 - 2