original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 354 [details]
additional source
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650
page(s): 186,191 [details]
source of synonymy
Johansson, Karl Erik 1926. Bemerkungen über die Kinberg'schen Arten der Familien Hermellidae und Sabellidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 18A(7): 1-28.
page(s): 26 [details]
redescription
Perkins, Thomas H. (1984). Revision of <i>Demonax</i> Kinberg, <i>Hypsicomus</i> Grube, and <i>Notaulax</i> Tauber, with a review of <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(2): 285-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553607
page(s): 292 [details]
status source
Leiper, Robert T. 1908. Generic names of polychaet [sic] worms that have been preoccupied and remain unreplaced. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(11) [Series 8]: 468., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85286#502 [details]
status source
Tovar-Hernández, María Ana ; Harris, Leslie, H. 2010: Parasabella Bush, 1905, replacement name for the polychaete genus Demonax Kinberg, 1867 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellidae). ZooKeys 60: 13–19.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.60.547
page(s): 14 [details]
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Etymology Not stated. Demonax (Greek: Δημώναξ, Dēmōnax, gen.: Δημώνακτος) was a male ancient Greek lawmaker of the style of Solon and Lycurgus, known for reforming the constitution of the Cyrenaeans (Cyrene was a coastal town in modern Libya). He lived around 550 BCE. (See e.g., wikipedia) [details]
Grammatical gender Masculine. Demonax is known to be the name of a male Greek lawmaker at around 550 BCE. This gender is strongly confirmed by the masculine endings of two of Kinberg's Demonax adjectival species-group names and of nine subsequent names. [details]
Homonymy Demonax Kinberg, 1867 is a junior homonym (Leiper 1908, Neave 1939 Volume 2, pg. 34) to Demonax Thomson, 1860, a genus of Coleoptera. Parasabella Bush, 1905 is the next available synonym (Tovar-Hernández & Harris 2010) [details]
Type designation On p.186,191 Bush (1905) comments on Demonax, and (p.191) designates the first listed species D. krusensterni as type. Johansson (1925:26, 1927:136) re-examined Kinberg's Demonax types and included four species, questionably including D. krusensterni, under D. leucaspis. Perkins (1984) analysed the history and continued this status, while pointing out Hartman's (1959) listing of D. leucaspis as type is incorrect. [details]