Scolopendra marina is a pre-Linnaean errant marine annelid, first appearing as a descriptive name in Aristotle's ... [details]

Original description (Linnaeus, 1758) "Dwells in every sea easily, rendering the waters fiery, as it were, very ... [details]

On usage in Annelida. Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 belongs in Arthropoda: Myriapoda: Chilopoda, which are the ... [details]

Believed to be named after the name of the nymphs in Greek mythology. The Nereids (Greek: Νηρηΐδες ... [details]

Feminine. Linnaeus used feminine adjective 'pelagica' for the type species name. [details]

In a different code system Furia is also a valid genus of fungi (Furia ithacensis kills flies called Snipe flies). ... [details]

Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus 1746 cannot be an available name under ICZN Article 3.2, as it is pre-1758. For unknown ... [details]

Linnaeus (1758: 787) does not give a name for Serpula spirorbis from a preceding author, but he lists four relevant ... [details]

The species is originally spelled as Nereis lacustris in Linnaeus (1758: 654), but later misspelled as Nereis ... [details]

Fictional genus. Linnaeus attributed a mystery painful inflammation he experienced as a young man travelling in ... [details]

Fictional worm species arising from folklore and traveller anecdotes . Linnaeus attributed a mystery painful ... [details]

Linnaeus (1758) appears to be recording a bioluminescent worm. This would not be a nereidid as they are not capable ... [details]

Linnaeus (1758) established 'Lumbricus' for the unrelated taxa, L terrestris (earthworm) and L. marinus (marine ... [details]

Linnaeus used these four sources as a basis for Nereis caerulea. Using them no one could identify what the worm ... [details]

Unknown ("in oceano"-Linneaus, 1758: 655). [details]

Unspecified Sweden, in fresh water [details]

Terra typica: Sweden [details]

M. Mediterraneo [erroneous] [details]

World Ocean various. The locations from Linnaeus's sources are Holland, Jamaica, and China. The Hartman catalogue ... [details]

Sweden. Not indicated in Linnaeus (1758: 654), but Linnaeus (1767: 1085) points "Habitat in Paludibus argillosis ... [details]

In all oceans according to Linnaeus! He does not specify Swedish seas. However, as he included the species in his ... [details]

Europe, in stagnant waterbodies (“Habitat in Europeae stagnis”; Linnaeus, 1758: 769) [details]

Malta. Author: "Habitat in M. Mediterraneo ad Melitam"  [details]

Not stated in the original description [details]

M. Mediterraneo [erroneous] [details]