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ERMS name details

Terebella gigantea Montagu, 1819

332474  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332474)

uncertain > nomen dubium (indeterminable without a type)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Montagu, George. (1819 [title page date 1818]). Descriptions of five British species of the genus <i>Terebella</i>. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12 (2): 340-344, pl. 11-13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758907
page(s): 341-342, plate XI [details]   
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Terebella gigantea Montagu, 1819. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332474 on 2024-04-26
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Terebella gigantea Montagu, 1819. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332474 on 2024-04-26
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-03-13 22:43:24Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2021-09-18 09:12:57Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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original description Montagu, George. (1819 [title page date 1818]). Descriptions of five British species of the genus <i>Terebella</i>. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12 (2): 340-344, pl. 11-13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758907
page(s): 341-342, plate XI [details]   

additional source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 355 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

source of synonymy Marenzeller, Emil von. (1884). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Dritter Beitrag. [Terebellen (<i>Amphitritea</i> Mgrn.)]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 89(1-3): 151-215, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35292441
page(s): 193; note: with Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111
page(s): 114-117, plate CXX fig. 11, plate CXXVA figs. 10-10b; note: as Amphitrite gigantea [details]   

new combination reference McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1915). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVII. 1. Additions to and remarks on the British Spionidae and Cirratulidae, viz. on <i>Spio martinensis</i>, Mesnil, <i>Nerinides longirostris</i>, De Quatrefages, <i>N. tridentata</i>, Southern, <i>Polydora coeca</i>, Oersted, <i>Aonides paucibranchiata</i>, Southern, <i>Chaetozone alata</i>, Southern, <i>C. killariensis</i>, Southern, and <i>Macrochaeta clavicornis</i>, Sars. 2. On the British Terebellidae. 3. On the Terebellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by the 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 4. On the Chaetopteridae, Amphictenidae, and Ampharetidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-1873. 5. On the Ampharetidae and Terebellidae dredged by Canon A. M. Norman off Norway. 6. On the occurrence of one of the Pisionidae at St. Andrews. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 15(85): 1-58, plates I-III., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255598 [details]   

status source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111
page(s): 114, plate CXX, CXXVA; note: Description with T gigantea recombined as Amphitrite gigantea (Montagu). McIntosh's specimens are from Salcombe Harbour.  [details]   

status source Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 35; note: suggested to be a nomen dubium. Morphology is compared to Loimia ramzega Lavesque et al 2017 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

status source Martin, Daniel; Capa, Maria; Martínez, Alejandro; Costa, Ana Cristina. (2022). Taxonomic implications of describing a new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) with two size-dependent morphotypes. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 833: 60-96., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1887
page(s): 84; note: A confusing discussion of names related to Terebella gigantea, but placing Loimia ramzega Lavesque et al as a synonym of it (as Loimia gigantea) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
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