MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Potamis Ehlers, 1887

WoRMS name details

Potamis Ehlers, 1887

AphiaID

325988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325988)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Potamethus n.n. pro Potamis Ehlers 1887 = junior homonym)

Accepted Name

Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Potamis spathiferus Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Sabellinae Chamberlin, 1919

Direct children (3)

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Species Potamis dubius Eliason, 1951 accepted as Potamethus dubius (Eliason, 1951) (superseded original combination)
Species Potamis scotiae Pixell, 1913 accepted as Potamethus scotiae (Pixell, 1913) (subjective synonym)
Species Potamis spathiferus Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Potamis Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325988 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2010-09-13 23:05:59Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338 [details]

status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
page(s): 556 [details] Available for editors

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status 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
page(s): 879 [details]