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Plotohelmis Chamberlin, 1919

129147  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129147)

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Plotohelmis alata Chamberlin, 1919 (type by original designation)

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Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 130, 143-144 [details] 
Note Chamberlin created Plotohelmis for his new...  
Type species Chamberlin created Plotohelmis for his new species Plotohelmis alata and overtly designates that species as 'genotype' (type species. Fauchald (1977:52, pink book) has Rhynchonerella capitata Greeff, 1876, placed in Plotohelmis by Chamberlin, as Plotohelmis type species but that is not correct and also the two species are not subsequently synonyms. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Plotohelmis Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129147 on 2025-07-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Nomenclature

original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 130, 143-144 [details] 

basis of record 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] 

Other

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

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] 

 
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Type species Chamberlin created Plotohelmis for his new species Plotohelmis alata and overtly designates that species as 'genotype' (type species. Fauchald (1977:52, pink book) has Rhynchonerella capitata Greeff, 1876, placed in Plotohelmis by Chamberlin, as Plotohelmis type species but that is not correct and also the two species are not subsequently synonyms. [details]
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