WoRMS taxon details
Hyboscolex quadricincta Kudenov, 1985
328431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328431)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611 [details]
Holotype USNM 97270, geounit Gulf of Mexico
, Note Gulf of Mexico
Holotype USNM 97270, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico [details]
Etymology Kudenov states that the species' epithet 'quadricincta' "derives from the presence of four transverse annuli on most body...
Etymology Kudenov states that the species' epithet 'quadricincta' "derives from the presence of four transverse annuli on most body segments". Earlier he states that the species is distinct for "anterior body segments quadriannulate, instead of triannulate or biannulate ...". Cinctus names relate to a noun meaning girdle or belt. There are over 40 variants on 'quadricinctus' species-group names in WoRMS and four have combinations changing between quadricinctus and quadricincta as they change genera. However, as Hyboscolex quadricincta ends in the noun 'cincta', it is a noun phrase in apposition and is not required to match the genus in gender. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hyboscolex quadricincta Kudenov, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328431 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611 [details]
Other
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
Holotype USNM 97270, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype USNM 97278, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype USNM 97279, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype USNM 97280, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nontype USNM 97281, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype FSBC I 31388, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97271, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97272, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97273, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97274, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97275, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97276, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97277, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97425, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype USNM 97425, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Kudenov states that the species' epithet 'quadricincta' "derives from the presence of four transverse annuli on most body segments". Earlier he states that the species is distinct for "anterior body segments quadriannulate, instead of triannulate or biannulate ...". Cinctus names relate to a noun meaning girdle or belt. There are over 40 variants on 'quadricinctus' species-group names in WoRMS and four have combinations changing between quadricinctus and quadricincta as they change genera. However, as Hyboscolex quadricincta ends in the noun 'cincta', it is a noun phrase in apposition and is not required to match the genus in gender. [details]Spelling Hyboscolex is a masculine genus, but the descriptive species name quadricincta can be considered as an unchanging noun phrase. See the note on etymology for further details. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Gulf of Mexico [details]
