WoRMS taxon details
Harmothoe aculeata Andrews, 1891
328220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328220)
accepted
Species
Lepidonotus iphionides [auct. lapsus] · unaccepted (misspelling in Rouse & Pleijel, 2001)
Polynoe (Lepidonotus) iphionoides McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195 [details] 
Note Atlantic Ocean, Beaufort, North Carolina
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Beaufort, North Carolina [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe aculeata Andrews, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328220 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195 [details]
original description (of Polynoe (Lepidonotus) iphionoides McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 116-118 plate 10 figures 1, 2; plate 10A figures 1, 2; note: McIntosh uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
basis of record 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. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polynoe (Lepidonotus) iphionoides McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 116-118 plate 10 figures 1, 2; plate 10A figures 1, 2; note: McIntosh uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
basis of record 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. [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Salazar-Silva, P. 2003. Redescription of Harmothoe aculeata (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) and description of three new similar species from the Grand Caribbean region. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83(1): 55-64
page(s): 56 [redescription from syntypes] [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 56 [redescription from syntypes] [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype SMNH 4876, geounit North Carolina [details]
