WoRMS name details
Myzostomum Leuckart, 1827
173659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173659)
unaccepted (nomen nudum in 1827)
Genus
- Species Myzostomum abundans Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma abundans Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum adhaerens Remscheid, 1918 accepted as Myzostoma adhaerens Remscheid, 1918
- Species Myzostomum agassizii Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma agassizii Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum alatum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma alatum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum ambiguum Graff, 1887 accepted as Myzostoma ambiguum Graff, 1887
- Species Myzostomum antarcticum Stummer-Traunfels, 1908 accepted as Myzostoma antarcticum Stummer-Traunfels, 1908
- Species Myzostomum antennatum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma antennatum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum areolatum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma areolatum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum aruense Remscheid, 1918 accepted as Myzostoma aruense Remscheid, 1918
- Species Myzostomum asteriae [auct. misspelling] accepted as Asteriomyzostomum asteriae (Marenzeller, 1895) (incorrect genus spelling of superseded original combination)
- Species Myzostomum asymmetricum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma asymmetricum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum atrum Atkins, 1927 accepted as Myzostoma atrum Atkins, 1927
- Species Myzostomum beardi Graff, 1887 accepted as Myzostoma beardi Graff, 1887
- Species Myzostomum belli Wheeler, 1897 accepted as Myzostoma belli Wheeler, 1897
- Species Myzostomum bicaudatum Greeff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma bicaudatum Greeff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum bicorne Remscheid, 1918 accepted as Myzostoma bicorne Remscheid, 1918
- Species Myzostomum bocki Jägersten, 1937 accepted as Myzostoma bocki Jägersten, 1937
- Species Myzostomum brachiatum Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma brachiatum Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum brevicirrum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma brevicirrum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum brevilobatum Jägersten, 1937 accepted as Myzostoma brevilobatum Jägersten, 1937
- Species Myzostomum brevipes Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma brevipes Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum bucchichii Wagner, 1887 accepted as Myzostoma bucchichii Wagner, 1887
- Species Myzostomum calycotyle Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma calycotyle Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum caribbeanum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma caribbeanum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum carinatum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma carinatum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum carpenteri Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma carpenteri Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum cerriferoidum McClendon, 1907 accepted as Myzostoma cerriferoidum McClendon, 1907
- Species Myzostomum chelonium McClendon, 1906 accepted as Myzostoma chelonium McClendon, 1906
- Species Myzostomum chelonoidium McClendon, 1906 accepted as Myzostoma chelonoidium McClendon, 1906
- Species Myzostomum chinesicum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma chinesicum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum circinatum Wheeler, 1897 accepted as Myzostoma circinatum Wheeler, 1897
- Species Myzostomum cirricostatum Jägersten, 1937 accepted as Myzostoma cirricostatum Jägersten, 1937
- Species Myzostomum cirriferum Leuckart, 1836 accepted as Myzostoma cirriferum Leuckart, 1836
- Species Myzostomum cirripedium [auct. misspelling] accepted as Eenymeenymyzostoma cirripedium (Graff, 1885) (genus misspelling of superseded original combination)
- Species Myzostomum clarki McClendon, 1906 accepted as Myzostoma clarki McClendon, 1906
- Species Myzostomum compressum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma compressum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum coriaceum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma coriaceum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum cornutum Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma cornutum Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum coronatum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma coronatum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum costatum Leuckart, 1830 accepted as Myzostoma costatum Leuckart, 1830
- Species Myzostomum crenatum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma crenatum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum cristatum Remscheid, 1918 accepted as Myzostoma cristatum Remscheid, 1918
- Species Myzostomum crosslandi Boulenger, 1913 accepted as Hypomyzostoma crosslandi (Boulenger, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Myzostomum cryptopodium Wheeler, 1897 accepted as Myzostoma cryptopodium Wheeler, 1897
- Species Myzostomum cubanum McClendon, 1907 accepted as Myzostoma cubanum McClendon, 1907
- Species Myzostomum cysticolum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma cysticolum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum deani McClendon, 1906 accepted as Myzostoma deani McClendon, 1906
- Species Myzostomum deformator Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma deformator Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum dentatum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma dentatum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum dubium Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma dubium Graff, 1877 (genus misspelling)
- Species Myzostomum echinus Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma echinus Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum elegans Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma elegans Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum elongatum Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma elongatum Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum eremita Wheeler, 1897 accepted as Myzostoma eremita Wheeler, 1897
- Species Myzostomum evermanni McClendon, 1907 accepted as Myzostoma evermanni McClendon, 1907
- Species Myzostomum excisum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma excisum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum fasciatum Remscheid, 1918 accepted as Myzostoma fasciatum Remscheid, 1918
- Species Myzostomum filicauda Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma filicauda Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum filiferum (Graff, 1844) accepted as Myzostoma filiferum Graff, 1884 (superseded subsequent combination using alternate genus spelling)
- Species Myzostomum fimbriatum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma fimbriatum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum fisheri [auct. misspelling] accepted as Asteriomyzostomum fisheri (Wheeler, 1905) (incorrect genus spelling of superseded original combination)
- Species Myzostomum fissum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma fissum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum folium Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma folium Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum furcatum Graff, 1887 accepted as Myzostoma furcatum Graff, 1887
- Species Myzostomum gardineri Atkins, 1927 accepted as Myzostoma gardineri Atkins, 1927
- Species Myzostomum gerlachei Fauvel, 1936 accepted as Myzostoma gerlachei Fauvel, 1936
- Species Myzostomum giganteum Nansen, 1885 accepted as Myzostoma giganteum Nansen, 1885
- Species Myzostomum gigas Luetken in Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma gigas Luetken in Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum glabrum Leuckart in Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma glabrum Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum gopalai Subramaniam in George, 1943 accepted as Myzostoma gopalai Subramaniam in George, 1943
- Species Myzostomum graffi Nansen, 1885 accepted as Myzostoma graffi Nansen, 1885
- Species Myzostomum holotuberculatum Jägersten, 1940 accepted as Myzostoma holotuberculatum Jägersten, 1940
- Species Myzostomum horologium Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma horologium Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum ijimai Hara & Okada, 1921 accepted as Myzostoma ijimai Hara & Okada, 1921
- Species Myzostomum inflator Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma inflator Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum ingolfi Jägersten, 1940 accepted as Myzostoma ingolfi Jägersten, 1940
- Species Myzostomum insigne Atkins, 1927 accepted as Myzostoma insigne Atkins, 1927
- Species Myzostomum intermedium Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma intermedium Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum irregulare Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma irregulare Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum japonicum McClendon, 1906 accepted as Myzostoma japonicum McClendon, 1906
- Species Myzostomum labiatum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma labiatum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum lobatum Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma lobatum Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum longimanum Jägersten, 1934 accepted as Myzostoma longimanum Jägersten, 1934
- Species Myzostomum longipes Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma longipes Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum luetkeni Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma luetkeni Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum maculatum Jägersten, 1937 accepted as Myzostoma maculatum Jägersten, 1937
- Species Myzostomum marginatum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma marginatum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum membranaceum Graff, 1887 accepted as Hypomyzostoma membranaceum (Graff, 1887)
- Species Myzostomum mertoni Remscheid, 1918 accepted as Myzostoma mertoni Remscheid, 1918
- Species Myzostomum metacrini [auct. misspelling] accepted as Eenymeenymyzostoma cirripedium (Graff, 1885) (genus misspelling of superseded original combination)
- Species Myzostomum moebianum Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma moebianum Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum mortenseni Jägersten, 1940 accepted as Myzostoma mortenseni Jägersten, 1940
- Species Myzostomum murrayi Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma murrayi Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum nanseni Graff, 1887 accepted as Myzostoma nanseni Graff, 1887
- Species Myzostomum nigrescens Graff, 1884 accepted as Myzostoma nigrescens Graff, 1884
- Species Myzostomum oblongum Graff, 1883 accepted as Myzostoma oblongum Graff, 1883
- Species Myzostomum pallidum Graff, 1877 accepted as Myzostoma pallidum Graff, 1877
- Species Myzostomum parasiticum Leuckart, 1827 accepted as Myzostoma parasiticum Leuckart, 1827 (seems to be a nomen nudum here)
- Species Myzostomum pentacrini Graff, 1884 accepted as Endomyzostoma pentacrini (Graff, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Myzostomum was a nomen nudum, and the later Myzostoma is the correct spelling)
- Species Myzostomum pictum Graff, 1883 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum platypus Graff, 1887 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum plicatum Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum polycyclus Atkins, 1927 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum pottsi Atkins, 1927 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum pseudogigas Jägersten, 1940 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum pulvinar Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum quadricaudatum Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum quadrifilum Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum radiatum Graff in Clark, 1921 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum robustum Okada, 1921 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum rotundum Graff, 1883 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum rubrofasciatum Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum schultzeanum Diesing, 1858 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum smithi McClendon, 1906 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum stochoeides Atkins, 1927 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum striata George, 1943 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum sulcatum Remscheid, 1918 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum taeniatum Remscheid, 1918 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum tentaculatum Jägersten, 1940 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum tenuispinum Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum terminale Jägersten, 1937 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum testudo Graff, 1883 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum thompsoni Diesing, 1858 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum triste Graff, 1887 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum tuberculatum Jägersten, 1937 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum tuberculosum Semper, 1859 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum vastum Graff, 1883 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum verrucosum Graff, 1877 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum vincentinum Reichensperger, 1906 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum viride Atkins, 1927 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum wheeleri McClendon, 1906 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum willemoesii Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
- Species Myzostomum wyvillethompsoni Graff, 1884 (unaccepted)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leuckart, Friedrich Sigismund. (1827). Versuch einer naturgemässen Eintheilung der Helminthen nebst dem Entwurfe einer Verwandschafts- und Stufenfolge der Thiere überhaupt. 90 pp. Heidelberg und Leipzig, Neue Akademische Buchhandlung von Karl Gross., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Ww4AAAAAQAAJ
page(s): 24; note: appears to be a nomen nudum [details]
page(s): 24; note: appears to be a nomen nudum [details]
Etymology The second part is based on Greek, Stoma, -tos, neuter, a mouth. The first part is based on Greek, Myzo, suck. "Myzostomum"...
Nomenclature The troubled early history of Myzostoma/Myzostomum is based on unavailable nomina nuda.
Hartman (1959, catalogue p.356)...
Taxonomy Graff (1877) correctly states: "Zum ersten Male geschieht unserer Thiere Erwähnung im Jahre 1827, in welchem F. S....
Etymology The second part is based on Greek, Stoma, -tos, neuter, a mouth. The first part is based on Greek, Myzo, suck. "Myzostomum" is probably an incorrect latinization. Nevertheless "...stomum" has been commonly used for genera. In WoRMS there are ~144 "...stomum" suffix genera, compared to the more common (~401 names) "...stoma" genera [details]
Nomenclature The troubled early history of Myzostoma/Myzostomum is based on unavailable nomina nuda.
Hartman (1959, catalogue p.356)...
Nomenclature The troubled early history of Myzostoma/Myzostomum is based on unavailable nomina nuda.
Hartman (1959, catalogue p.356) incorrectly adopted Myzostomum as the 'correct' genus spelling, and Leuckart, 1827 as the author and the publication date. She treated Myzostoma as a variant spelling. However, the combination Myzostomum parasiticum is mentioned only as a name in Leuckart 1827 and is a nomen nudum there. Hartman incorrectly has Myzostomum costatum Leuckart, 1827 as the type species, but separately lists M. costatum Leuckart, 1830. The name appears in Oken's Isis (1830:613), where Myzostoma is the spelling, abbreviated as 'Myz. costatum' (along with 'Myz. glabrum'), but it is another nomen nudum. [details]
Hartman (1959, catalogue p.356) incorrectly adopted Myzostomum as the 'correct' genus spelling, and Leuckart, 1827 as the author and the publication date. She treated Myzostoma as a variant spelling. However, the combination Myzostomum parasiticum is mentioned only as a name in Leuckart 1827 and is a nomen nudum there. Hartman incorrectly has Myzostomum costatum Leuckart, 1827 as the type species, but separately lists M. costatum Leuckart, 1830. The name appears in Oken's Isis (1830:613), where Myzostoma is the spelling, abbreviated as 'Myz. costatum' (along with 'Myz. glabrum'), but it is another nomen nudum. [details]
Taxonomy Graff (1877) correctly states: "Zum ersten Male geschieht unserer Thiere Erwähnung im Jahre 1827, in welchem F. S....
Taxonomy Graff (1877) correctly states: "Zum ersten Male geschieht unserer Thiere Erwähnung im Jahre 1827, in welchem F. S. Leuckart auf dem Discus der Comatula mediterranea s. europrea einen Schmarotzer findet, dem er den Namen Myzostomum parasiticum beilegt" In approx translation: "For the first time mention of our animals is in the year 1827, in which F. S. Leuckart finds on the disk of the Comatula mediterranea s. europrea a parasite, which he attaches the name Myzostomum parasiticum".
Sherborn's Nomenclator Zoologicus also assigns Myzostomum to Leuckart, 1827. Leuckart did create the name, but it is not available from that 1827 date (nomen nudum). [details]
Sherborn's Nomenclator Zoologicus also assigns Myzostomum to Leuckart, 1827. Leuckart did create the name, but it is not available from that 1827 date (nomen nudum). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myzostomum Leuckart, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173659 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Leuckart, Friedrich Sigismund. (1827). Versuch einer naturgemässen Eintheilung der Helminthen nebst dem Entwurfe einer Verwandschafts- und Stufenfolge der Thiere überhaupt. 90 pp. Heidelberg und Leipzig, Neue Akademische Buchhandlung von Karl Gross., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Ww4AAAAAQAAJ
page(s): 24; note: appears to be a nomen nudum [details]
page(s): 24; note: appears to be a nomen nudum [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
page(s): 206; note: attributes Myzostomum to Sieb. [Siebold?] 1843 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 356; note: incorrectly uses Myzostomum as the correct spelling [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 206; note: attributes Myzostomum to Sieb. [Siebold?] 1843 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 356; note: incorrectly uses Myzostomum as the correct spelling [details] Available for editors





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Etymology The second part is based on Greek, Stoma, -tos, neuter, a mouth. The first part is based on Greek, Myzo, suck. "Myzostomum" is probably an incorrect latinization. Nevertheless "...stomum" has been commonly used for genera. In WoRMS there are ~144 "...stomum" suffix genera, compared to the more common (~401 names) "...stoma" genera [details]Nomenclature The troubled early history of Myzostoma/Myzostomum is based on unavailable nomina nuda.
Hartman (1959, catalogue p.356) incorrectly adopted Myzostomum as the 'correct' genus spelling, and Leuckart, 1827 as the author and the publication date. She treated Myzostoma as a variant spelling. However, the combination Myzostomum parasiticum is mentioned only as a name in Leuckart 1827 and is a nomen nudum there. Hartman incorrectly has Myzostomum costatum Leuckart, 1827 as the type species, but separately lists M. costatum Leuckart, 1830. The name appears in Oken's Isis (1830:613), where Myzostoma is the spelling, abbreviated as 'Myz. costatum' (along with 'Myz. glabrum'), but it is another nomen nudum. [details]
Taxonomy Graff (1877) correctly states: "Zum ersten Male geschieht unserer Thiere Erwähnung im Jahre 1827, in welchem F. S. Leuckart auf dem Discus der Comatula mediterranea s. europrea einen Schmarotzer findet, dem er den Namen Myzostomum parasiticum beilegt" In approx translation: "For the first time mention of our animals is in the year 1827, in which F. S. Leuckart finds on the disk of the Comatula mediterranea s. europrea a parasite, which he attaches the name Myzostomum parasiticum".
Sherborn's Nomenclator Zoologicus also assigns Myzostomum to Leuckart, 1827. Leuckart did create the name, but it is not available from that 1827 date (nomen nudum). [details]