Nomenclature
original description
Hatschek, B. (1888-1891). Lehrbuch der Zoologie, eine morphologische Übersicht des Thierreiches zur Einführung in das Studium dieser Wissenschaft: Jena, Gustav Fischer. vol. 1 [1888], pp. i-iv, 1-144, vol. 2 [1889], pp. 145-304; vol. 3 [1891], pp. 305-432., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16252
page(s): 415 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Westheide, W. (1990). Polychaetes: interstitial families: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 44. Universal Book Services/Universal Book Services/Backhuys/W. Backhuys: Oegstgeest. ISBN 90-73348-08-0. VII, 152 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 87 [details]
Other
biology source
Martínez, Alejandro; Purschke, Günter; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018 [online]). Protodrilidae Hatschek, 1888. <em>[Edited book chapter].</em> In: Purschke G, Böggemann M, Westheide W (Eds) Handbook of Zoology (vol 3) Pleistoannelida Sedentaria III and Errantia I De Gruyter, Osnabrück,., available online at https://www.degruyter.com/view/Zoology/bp_029147-6_8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority The Hartman catalogue, Westheide (1990), and other sources credit Czerniavsky (1881) with authorship of Protodrilidae. However Protodrilus Czerniavsky, 1881, a nomen dubium, is homonym to Protodrilus Hatschek, 1881, with no absolute proof of which is senior. For stability (short of applying for a ICZN ruling) Hatschek's genus is best considered senior and so the family name can only be based on Hatschek's genus, even though Hatschek did not use 'Protodrilidae' until later, at least by 1888. See further comments on the reliability of the relative dates of the genus names under Protodrilus Czerniavsky. [G. Read, December 2013] [details]
Editor's comment The Family Protodrilidae Czerniavsky based on Protodrilus Czerniavsky has a separate family-level entry. It is believed to be invalid as the only species is indeterminable. Nevertheless Czerniavsky (1881) did explicitly create that new family-level name, as well as his new genus for his new species Protodrilus mirabilis. [details]
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