WoRMS taxon details
Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895
130862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130862)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Marenzeller, E. von. (1895). <i>Phalacrostemma cidariophilum</i>, eine neue Gattung und Art der Hermelliden. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschlaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 32: 191-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6336761
page(s): 191, no figures; note: Preliminary report. Mediterranean [details]
page(s): 191, no figures; note: Preliminary report. Mediterranean [details]
Holotype NHMW, geounit Mediterranean Sea
, Note in translation Marenzeller is reported as...
Holotype NHMW, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality in translation Marenzeller is reported as recording the new species "at different points of the Eastern Mediterranean and at Pelagosa at depths from 485 to1298 m. Thus the type locality is not precise to one location. Pelagosa (Palagruža in Croatian) is a small archipelago in the middle of the Adriatic Sea. The name Pelagosa, is derived from Ancient Greek Pelagousae, meaning sea. Kirtley 1994 147), and others including Zhang et al (2020: 497) state the type locality is off Pelagosa Island (anglicised spelling also as Pelagossa). This is clearly not strictly correct. [details]
Description Marenzeller's later 1904 redescription is said to be based on Atlantic specimens, thus not the original type specimens from...
Etymology Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895 was evidently found on Cidaroida echinoid spines, hence the 'philum' suffix...
Description Marenzeller's later 1904 redescription is said to be based on Atlantic specimens, thus not the original type specimens from the Mediterranean. He states the worms were attached to the spines of Dorocidarris papillata. He did not state that in the original report. [details]
Etymology Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895 was evidently found on Cidaroida echinoid spines, hence the 'philum' suffix...
Etymology Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895 was evidently found on Cidaroida echinoid spines, hence the 'philum' suffix from Greek phileo, indicating a love or liking for another organism. Marenzeller's (1904:316) later description mentions Dorocidarris papillata as the host in Atlantic specimens, but he does not mention a host in the original description. It is only implied from the species name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130862 on 2026-09-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Marenzeller, E. von. (1895). <i>Phalacrostemma cidariophilum</i>, eine neue Gattung und Art der Hermelliden. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschlaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 32: 191-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6336761
page(s): 191, no figures; note: Preliminary report. Mediterranean [details]
page(s): 191, no figures; note: Preliminary report. Mediterranean [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Marenzeller, E. von. (1904). Fortsetzung der Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des östlichen Mittelmeeres. Achte Reihe. Zoologische Ergebnisse XIII. Polychäten des Grundes, Gesammelt 1893, 1894. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 74 (B): 295-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6903557
page(s): 316; note: Further description but based on non-type specimens seen collected from "the Atlantic Ocean while processing the collections of the Prince of Monaco. [details]
page(s): 316; note: Further description but based on non-type specimens seen collected from "the Atlantic Ocean while processing the collections of the Prince of Monaco. [details]
Other
additional source
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMW, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Marenzeller's later 1904 redescription is said to be based on Atlantic specimens, thus not the original type specimens from the Mediterranean. He states the worms were attached to the spines of Dorocidarris papillata. He did not state that in the original report. [details]Etymology Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895 was evidently found on Cidaroida echinoid spines, hence the 'philum' suffix from Greek phileo, indicating a love or liking for another organism. Marenzeller's (1904:316) later description mentions Dorocidarris papillata as the host in Atlantic specimens, but he does not mention a host in the original description. It is only implied from the species name. [details]
Type locality in translation Marenzeller is reported as recording the new species "at different points of the Eastern Mediterranean and at Pelagosa at depths from 485 to1298 m. Thus the type locality is not precise to one location. Pelagosa (Palagruža in Croatian) is a small archipelago in the middle of the Adriatic Sea. The name Pelagosa, is derived from Ancient Greek Pelagousae, meaning sea. Kirtley 1994 147), and others including Zhang et al (2020: 497) state the type locality is off Pelagosa Island (anglicised spelling also as Pelagossa). This is clearly not strictly correct. [details]
