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Leodice elseyi Zanol & Hutchings & Fauchald 2020, n. comb.

Description

Leodice elseyi (Baird, 1869) n. comb.

Eunice elsyi Baird, 1869: 344.

Eunice elseyi. — McIntosh 1885: 286.— Fauchald 1986: 249; 1992: 132.

Material examined. None.

Remarks. The species is known from North Australia. McIntosh (1885) corrected the spelling of the species name: the species was named for J.R. Elsey who collected the type specimens.

Type locality. Northern Australia.

Notes

Published as part of Zanol, Joana, Hutchings, Pat A. & Fauchald, Kristian, 2020, Eunice sensu latu (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera Eunice, Leodice and Nicidion, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3697522

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zanol & Hutchings & Fauchald
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Order
Eunicida
Family
Eunicidae
Genus
Leodice
Species
elseyi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leodice elseyi (Baird, 1869) sec. Zanol, Hutchings & Fauchald, 2020

References

  • Baird, W. (1869) Remarks on several genera of annelids, belonging to the group Eunicea, with a notice of such species as are contained in the collection of the British Museum, and a description of some others hitherto undescribed. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 10, 341 - 361. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1869. tb 00665. x
  • McIntosh, W. C. (1885) Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1872 - 76, 12, 1 - 554.
  • Fauchald, K. (1986) Review of the types and key to the species of Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) from the Australian region. Records of the Australian Museum, 38, 241 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.38.1986.182
  • Fauchald, K. (1992) A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 523, 1 - 422. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.523