WoRMS taxon details
Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
152232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152232)
accepted
Subfamily
Euclymene Verrill, 1900 (type by absolute tautonymy)
- Genus Abyssoclymene Hartman, 1967
- Genus Aclymene Buzhinskaja, 1995
- Genus Axiothella Verrill, 1900
- Genus Clymenella Verrill, 1873
- Genus Euclymene Verrill, 1900
- Genus Heteroclymene Arwidsson, 1906
- Genus Isocirrus Arwidsson, 1906
- Genus Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866
- Tribe Leiochonini Arwidsson, 1906
- Genus Clymenura Verrill, 1900
- Genus Leiochone Grube, 1868
- Genus Leiocephalus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leiochone Grube, 1868 (junior homonym, subjective synonym [in part])
- Genus Macroclymene Verrill, 1900
- Genus Maldanella McIntosh, 1885
- Genus Microclymene Arwidsson, 1906
- Genus Petaloclymene Augener, 1918
- Genus Praxillella Verrill, 1881
- Genus Clymene Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > nomen dubium, confused, stated as indeterminable, unused after Verrill replaced the name with Euclymene)
- Genus Petaloclymene Green, 1997 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unreplaced junior homonym to Petaloclymene Augener, 1918)
- Genus Axiothea Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Axiothella Verrill, 1900 (unaccepted > junior homonym, replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Caesicirrus Arwidsson, 1911 accepted as Euclymene Verrill, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Clymenoida Williams, 1852 accepted as Clymene Lamarck, 1818 (indeterminable, but likely a lapsus for Clymene)
- Genus Eupraxillella Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jonhstonia [auct. misspelling for Johnstonia] accepted as Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866 (printer error misspelling)
- Genus Macroclymenella Augener, 1926 accepted as Clymenella Verrill, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Pseudoclymene Arwidsson, 1906 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358
page(s): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152232 on 2026-02-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358
page(s): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
Other
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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Both anterior and posterior ends terminate with plaques (cephalic and anal plaques). Anus terminal (after Fauchald, 1977) [details]