WoRMS taxon details
Clymenella Verrill, 1873
129344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129344)
accepted
Genus
Clymene torquatus Leidy, 1855 accepted as Clymenella torquata (Leidy, 1855) (type by monotypy)
Macroclymenella Augener, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraxiothea Webster, 1879 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Clymenella antarctica Knox & Cameron, 1998
- Species Clymenella brasiliensis Mangum, 1966
- Species Clymenella californica Blake & Kudenov, 1974
- Species Clymenella cincta (Saint-Joseph, 1894)
- Species Clymenella collaris Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
- Species Clymenella complanata Hartman, 1969
- Species Clymenella dalesi Mangum, 1966
- Species Clymenella elongata Moore, 1893
- Species Clymenella enshuense Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
- Species Clymenella fauchaldi Carrasco & Palma, 2003
- Species Clymenella koellikeri (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Clymenella koreana Lee & Paik, 1986
- Species Clymenella minor Arwidsson, 1911
- Species Clymenella mucosa (Andrews, 1891)
- Species Clymenella papillosa Rosito, 1983
- Species Clymenella stewartensis (Augener, 1926)
- Species Clymenella tentaculata Moore, 1906
- Species Clymenella torquata (Leidy, 1855)
- Subgenus Clymenella (Axiothella) Verrill, 1900 accepted as Axiothella Verrill, 1900 (rank change, elevated to genus)
- Species Clymenella (Axiothella) somersi Verrill, 1900 accepted as Axiothella somersi (Verrill, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Clymenella insecta Ehlers, 1904 accepted as Euclymene insecta (Ehlers, 1904) (superseded original combination)
- Species Clymenella rubrocincta Johnson, 1901 accepted as Axiothella rubrocincta (Johnson, 1901) (superseded original combination)
- Species Clymenella zonalis (Verrill, 1874) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, no reliable description yet found)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 607-608/313-314 (2 paginations) [details]
page(s): 607-608/313-314 (2 paginations) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Clymenella Verrill, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129344 on 2024-09-18
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original description
Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 607-608/313-314 (2 paginations) [details]
original description (of Macroclymenella Augener, 1926) Augener, Hermann. (1926). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 81: 157-294.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paraxiothea Webster, 1879) Webster, Henry E. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of New Jersey. <em>Annual Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History.</em> 32: 101-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35614233
page(s): 125 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 607-608/313-314 (2 paginations) [details]
original description (of Macroclymenella Augener, 1926) Augener, Hermann. (1926). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 81: 157-294.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paraxiothea Webster, 1879) Webster, Henry E. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of New Jersey. <em>Annual Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History.</em> 32: 101-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35614233
page(s): 125 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Verrill (1873) original diagnosis: "Body elongated, composed of about twenty-two segments exclusive of the cephalic and anal segments. All the segments, except the buccal and three anteanal, setigerous; they bear fascicles of slender setae above and series of hooks below. The anterior margin of the fourth setigerous segment is prolonged into a thin membranous collar. Proboscis swollen, longitudinally ribbed. Head with a prominent convex median plate and with a raised border on each side and behind, the lateral and posterior lobes separated by notches. Anal segment funnel-shaped, the edge surrounded by papillae." [details]