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Synonymy of Glycera ovigera

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Glycera ovigera as:    Glycera ovigera
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Schmarda 1859 (pages 95, illus. in text, Pl.30,fig.239.)
  Record locality: Auckland Harbour
  Remarks: Whole body fig in plate, in text papapodium and chaetae fig
  [Basionym for this record: Glycera ovigera Schmarda 1859]

Glycera ovigera as:    Glycera americana
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Augener 1924 (pages 436-437, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality: Auckland, Plmmerton, Akaroa, etc
  Remarks: Augener is first to refer G. ovigera to G. americana, which does not occur in NZ according to Marcus Boeggemann; most records probably refer to G. ovigera.
  [Basionym for this record: Glycera americana Leidy 1855]

Glycera ovigera as:    Glycera americana
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Knox 1960 (pages 221223, illus. Fig1-3.)
  Record locality: NZ coast many
  Remarks: Probably G. ovigera. The figures are parapodia, jaw element, spiniger
  [Basionym for this record: Glycera americana Leidy 1855]

Glycera ovigera as:    Glycera ovigera
  Name used as: Material-based revision or review by:  Böggemann 2002 (pages 62-63, illus. Fig.82-84.)
  Record locality:
  Remarks: Re-examination of syntypes in world review of genus. Figs include SEM of proboscis papillae
  [Basionym for this record: Glycera ovigera Schmarda 1859]

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