MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1880

WoRMS taxon details

Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1880

AphiaID

138370 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138370)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polycerinae Alder & Hancock, 1845

Original name

Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1880

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Species Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880
Species Polycerella glandulosa Behrens & Gosliner, 1988
Species Polycerella comyna [sic] accepted as Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Species Polycerella conyna Er. Marcus, 1957 accepted as Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880 (synonym)
Species Polycerella davenportii Balch, 1899 accepted as Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880
Species Polycerella recondita Schmekel, 1965 accepted as Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880
Species Polycerella zoobotryon Smallwood, 1910 accepted as Bermudella zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 3: 356-409., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456
page(s): 386 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polycerella A. E. Verrill, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138370 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-27 07:46:00Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-09-29 21:34:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-11 22:17:25Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 3: 356-409., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456
page(s): 386 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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