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Harmothoe impar (Johnston, 1839) 
AphiaID: 130770

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Polynoidae (Family) > Polynoinae (Subfamily) > Harmothoe (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856
Synonymised
taxa
  Antinoe impar (Johnston, 1839) (objective synonym)
Evarne atlantica McIntosh, 1897 (subjective synonym)
Evarnella impar (Johnston, 1839) (superseded combination)
Harmothoe (Evarne) impar (Johnston, 1839) (unavailable combination)
Harmothoe (Evarnella) impar (Johnston, 1839) (superseded combination)
Polynoe impar Johnston, 1839 (objective synonym)
Sources  original description: Johnston, George 1839. Miscellanea Zoologica. VI. The British Aphroditaceæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 1, 2(12): 424-441. [details]

basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Fauvel, P. 1923. Polychètes errantes. Faune de France Volume 5. 1-488. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/  [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

source of synonymy: Hartman, Olga 1965. Supplement and index to the catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the World, including additions and emendations since 1959. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 1-197. [details]

source of synonymy: Pettibone, Marian H. 1956. Marine polychaete worms from Labrador. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 105(3361): 531-584. [details]

redescription: Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. 2009. Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa 2104(*): 1-76
page(s): 48 [details]


from synonym: McIntosh, W.C. 1897. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 18. 1. On the phosphorescence of Gattyana (Nychia) cirrosa Pallas. 2. On a new Evarne (E. atlantica) from Rockall. 3. On the British species of Pholoe. 4. On a collection of annelids made by Canon Norman in Norway. Part I. A new Evarne and two species of Sthenelais. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (Series 6): 167-178., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63346#page/185/mode/1up [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Baird, William 1865. Contributions toward a monograph of the species of Annelides belonging to the Aphroditacea, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the national collection of the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 8: 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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taxa

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 Subspecies Harmothoe impar grandispina (Annenkova, 1937)
Subspecies Harmothoe impar impar (Johnston, 1839) sensu Malmgren, 1865
Subspecies Harmothoe impar parvispinosa (Annenkova, 1937)

Subspecies Harmothoe impar ciliata Monro, 1936 accepted as Harmothoe ciliata Monro, 1936
Subspecies Harmothoe impar notialis Monro, 1930 accepted as Harmothoe magellanica (McIntosh, 1885)
Subspecies Harmothoe impar pagenstecheri Michaelsen, 1897 accepted as Harmothoe pagenstecheri Michaelsen, 1896
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Baie de la Seine [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Golfe Normanno-Breton [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
Plymouth [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Roscoff [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  carnivore [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Taxonomy: See Barnich & Fiege (2000, 2009) for corrected assignment of historic reports of Harmothoe impar. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130770
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2007-01-23 08:53:40Z  checked  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Harmothoe impar (Johnston, 1839). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130770 on 2013-05-20
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