Namalycastis abiuma

Namalycastis abiuma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nereidiformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Errantia Ordo: Phyllodocida Subordo: Nereidiformia

Familia: Nereididae
Subfamilia: Namanereidinae
Genus: Namalycastis
Species: Namalycastis abiuma

Name

Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1872)

• Original combination: Lycastis abiuma Grube, 1872

• Type locality: Brazil, State of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina Island.

• Holotype: ZMB 3436-Q.

Synonymy

• Lycastis abiuma Grube, 1872: 47.
• Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1872) Hartman, 1959: 164–166, pl. 3; — Alves et al., 2024: 9–10, figs. 2(A1, B1, C1), 5.

References

• Alves, P.R., Glasby, C.J., Paiva, P.C. de, Santos, C.S.G. 2024. Is Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1871) (Annelida: Nereididae) restricted to its type-locality? Evidence from morphological and molecular data. Ocean and Coastal Research 72(suppl 1): 1–12. DOI: 10.1590/2675-2824072.23098 . Reference page. 
• Grube, A.E. 1872. Über die Gattung Lycastis und ein paar neue Arten derselben. Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur 49: 47–48. BHL (German). Reference page. 
• Hartman, O. 1959. Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 9(2): 153–168. Online. Reference page. 

Links

• Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1872) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 18, 2025

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