WoRMS name details
Piromis hospitis Fauchald, 1972
330714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330714)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 229-231, plate 48 figs. a-e [details]
page(s): 229-231, plate 48 figs. a-e [details]
Type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, western Mexico
type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]
Etymology Fauchald explains the Piromis hospitis name as follows: "A large number of commensal hydroids are present on the setae...
Etymology Fauchald explains the Piromis hospitis name as follows: "A large number of commensal hydroids are present on the setae forming the cephalic cage: thus the name hospitis" However, he does not explain further. Hospitus (note the -us), -a, -um is an adjective for guest, so it could have been used to indicate the guest hydroids if Fauchald was naming the hydroids. However, that is not what is required here. Fauchald is instead indicating the hospitality of the Piromis for the hydroids, and the derivation appears to relate to the noun 'hospes' '-hospitis' referring to hospitality and hosting, and (being) an inn or inn host.. As the word is seemingly used as a noun, not an adjectival form it does not change with genus gender. There are no other 'hospitis' names in WoRMS at present, but there are a number of 'hospita' names. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Piromis hospitis Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330714 on 2024-04-28
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original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 229-231, plate 48 figs. a-e [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Flabelligeridae Saint Joseph, 1894. pages 1-24. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
page(s): 229-231, plate 48 figs. a-e [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Flabelligeridae Saint Joseph, 1894. pages 1-24. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Fauchald explains the Piromis hospitis name as follows: "A large number of commensal hydroids are present on the setae forming the cephalic cage: thus the name hospitis" However, he does not explain further. Hospitus (note the -us), -a, -um is an adjective for guest, so it could have been used to indicate the guest hydroids if Fauchald was naming the hydroids. However, that is not what is required here. Fauchald is instead indicating the hospitality of the Piromis for the hydroids, and the derivation appears to relate to the noun 'hospes' '-hospitis' referring to hospitality and hosting, and (being) an inn or inn host.. As the word is seemingly used as a noun, not an adjectival form it does not change with genus gender. There are no other 'hospitis' names in WoRMS at present, but there are a number of 'hospita' names. [details]From other sources
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]
