Siebenrockiella
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Siebenrockiella is a small genus
of black marsh turtles. It was formerly monotypic
but now has two species
with the addition of the Philippine forest turtle (moved from the genus Heosemys
). The genus was originally erected in 1869 by John Edward Gray
under the name Bellia, commemorating Thomas Bell
, but this name is a junior homonym of Bellia
Milne-Edwards, 1848, a crustacean
genus. The replacement name
, Siebenrockiella, was published in 1929 by Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm, and commemorates Friedrich Siebenrock.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of black marsh turtles. It was formerly monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
but now has two species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
with the addition of the Philippine forest turtle (moved from the genus Heosemys
Heosemys
Heosemys is a genus of freshwater turtles in the family Geoemydidae . The genus Heosemys was split out of the related genus Geoemyda by McDowell in 1964.-Species:...
). The genus was originally erected in 1869 by John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
under the name Bellia, commemorating Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell (zoologist)
Thomas Bell FRS was an English zoologist, surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, UK.Bell, like his mother Susan, took a keen interest in natural history which his mother also encouraged in his younger cousin Philip Henry Gosse. Bell left Poole in 1813 for his training as a dental surgeon in...
, but this name is a junior homonym of Bellia
Bellia
Bellia picta is a species of crab that lives around the coasts of South America, and the only species in the genus Bellia. On the Atlantic coast, it is found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, while on the Pacific coast, it is found off Peru and Chile. It probably lives in burrows and is a filter feeder....
Milne-Edwards, 1848, a crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
genus. The replacement name
Nomen novum
In biological nomenclature, a nomen novum , new replacement name is a technical term...
, Siebenrockiella, was published in 1929 by Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm, and commemorates Friedrich Siebenrock.
Species
- Siebenrockiella crassicollis (GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1831) – Black marsh turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis (TaylorEdward Harrison TaylorEdward Harrison Taylor was an American herpetologist from Kansas.He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teacher's post in a village in central...
, 1920) – Philippine forest turtle