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Type locality: Merchang mangrove estuary, intertidal, Terengganu, East coast...

Note "Type locality: Merchang mangrove estuary, intertidal, Terengganu, East coast Peninsular Malaysia, 5.0232 N, 103.2999 E, (05°01.393'N, 103°17.994'E)" for taxon Marphysa merchangensis Che Engku...

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Etymology: Marphysa merchangensis is named for the Merchang estuary, the type...

Note "Etymology: Marphysa merchangensis is named for the Merchang estuary, the type locality where the specimens were collected." for taxon Marphysa merchangensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi,...

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Habitat: Found burrowing in decayed roots of the mangrove Exoecaria agallocha...

Note "Habitat: Found burrowing in decayed roots of the mangrove Exoecaria agallocha (Malay: Bebuta), and burrowing in the sediments within an area populated with the coastal tree Talipariti tiliaceum...

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Type locality: Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu, East coast Peninsular Malaysia,...

Note "Type locality: Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu, East coast Peninsular Malaysia, 5.6531 N, 102.7532 E (05°39.183'N, 102°45.194'E)" for taxon Marphysa setiuensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi,...

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Etymology: Marphysa setuiensis, corrected from incorrect gender suffix...

Note "Etymology: Marphysa setuiensis, corrected from incorrect gender suffix 'setuiense' as published, is named from the type locality of Setiu Wetlands." for taxon Marphysa setiuensis Che Engku...

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Nomenclature: Marphysa is feminine gender, therefore the geographic...

Note "Nomenclature: Marphysa is feminine gender, therefore the geographic adjectival species-group suffix is '-ensis' (masculine and feminine) and not '-ense' (neuter). Under Code article 31.2,...

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Editor's comment: See Marphysa setiuensis for the accepted entry. The other...

Note "Editor's comment: See Marphysa setiuensis for the accepted entry. The other three geographic names created by the authors are correctly '-ensis', but inexplicably the fourth species was published...

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Type locality: Kuala Ibai lagoon, (05°17.198'N, 103°10.194'E) and estuary...

Note "Type locality: Kuala Ibai lagoon, (05°17.198'N, 103°10.194'E) and estuary 5.2797 N, 103.169 E (05°16.780'N, 103°10.137'E), Terengganu, East coast Peninsular Malaysia. As the type locality is said...

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Etymology: Marphysa ibaiensis is named for the river where the holotype was...

Note "Etymology: Marphysa ibaiensis is named for the river where the holotype was collected, Kuala Ibai estuary." for taxon Marphysa ibaiensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings,...

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New combination: New combination established herein for consistency with the...

Note "New combination: New combination established herein for consistency with the synonymy of the parent genus (Clathrobaculus is presently considered a synonym of Promathildia)." for taxon...

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Taxonomic remark: The species was originally described as magna but the...

Note "Taxonomic remark: The species was originally described as magna but the gender was later corrected." for taxon Amblyops magna Birstein & Tchindonova, 1958 has been added by Jan Mees via the...

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Taxonomy: On the apertural view of the holotype on the web-site of Zoological...

Note "Taxonomy: On the apertural view of the holotype on the web-site of Zoological Survey of India the shell is mirrored thus appearing sinistral." for taxon Turrancilla glans (E. A. Smith, 1899) has...

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Editor's comment: Cypricercus passaicus is not found (either as a valid or as...

Note "Editor's comment: Cypricercus passaicus is not found (either as a valid or as an non-valid species) on the most recent checklist of the world's freshwater ostracods (Meisch, Smith & Martens...

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Editor's comment: Cypricercus fuscatus is not found (either as a valid or as...

Note "Editor's comment: Cypricercus fuscatus is not found (either as a valid or as an non-valid species) on the most recent checklist of the world's freshwater ostracods (Meisch, Smith & Martens...

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Habitat: According to Moore et al (2020: 25) "Chaetopterus norvegicus is an...

Note "Habitat: According to Moore et al (2020: 25) "Chaetopterus norvegicus is an epifaunal species found on rocky substrates, sometimes among the branches of the coral Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus,...

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Diagnosis: Moore et al (2020: 25) "Chaetopterus norvegicus is readily...

Note "Diagnosis: Moore et al (2020: 25) "Chaetopterus norvegicus is readily distinguishable from other North Atlantic species by its unfused neuropodia in segments B1 and B2, a character clearly shown...

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Distribution: Moore et al (2020: 25) "Reported from the North Sea and Arctic...

Note "Distribution: Moore et al (2020: 25) "Reported from the North Sea and Arctic waters, west to the Faroe Islands (Jensen & Frederiksen 1992), with the northernmost reports from Karlsö, near...

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Etymology: Named for the American paleontologist, John Mason Clarke...

Note "Etymology: Named for the American paleontologist, John Mason Clarke (1857-1925)." for taxon Clarkoceras Ruedemann, 1905 † has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Corbula carinata R. A. Philippi, 1841...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Corbula carinata R. A. Philippi, 1841" for taxon Corbula carinata A. d'Orbigny, 1846 † has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer via the webinterface on...

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Lectotype: Designated by Kojumdgieva (1969: 31) for taxon Obsoletiformes...

Note "Lectotype: Designated by Kojumdgieva (1969: 31)" for taxon Obsoletiformes obsoletus ingratus (V. P. Kolesnikov, 1929) † has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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