WoRMS name details
Nephthys macroura Schmarda, 1861
337218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337218)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
- Subspecies Nephthys macroura peruana Hartman, 1940 accepted as Aglaophamus peruana (Hartman, 1940) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
Note Auckland, New Zealand, in sand
From editor or global species database
Type locality Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
Etymology The species name macroura (long-tailed) from Greek makros (long) and -oura (tailed), is here apparently a latinized...
Etymology The species name macroura (long-tailed) from Greek makros (long) and -oura (tailed), is here apparently a latinized adjective (the noun oura is feminine) agreeing with feminine Nephthys, rather than transliterated Greek which would have the same spelling. David & Gosselin (2002:42) discuss 'macroura' epithets. Linnaeus used macroura for a dove (adopting a name used earlier of Columba macroura), and later Schmarda used it twice for annelid species. There are about 20 usages in WoRMS. A similar derivation applies to the disused suborder Macrura in Crustacea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nephthys macroura Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337218 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar- Expedition, 1901-1903. <i>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski Leiter Expedition</i>, 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283 [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name macroura (long-tailed) from Greek makros (long) and -oura (tailed), is here apparently a latinized adjective (the noun oura is feminine) agreeing with feminine Nephthys, rather than transliterated Greek which would have the same spelling. David & Gosselin (2002:42) discuss 'macroura' epithets. Linnaeus used macroura for a dove (adopting a name used earlier of Columba macroura), and later Schmarda used it twice for annelid species. There are about 20 usages in WoRMS. A similar derivation applies to the disused suborder Macrura in Crustacea. [details]Type locality Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
