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Polychaeta taxon details

Hydroides homoceros Pixell, 1913

238212  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238212)

accepted
Species
Hydroides homocerus [misspelling of homoceros] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling for...)  
incorrect subsequent spelling for gender invariant original name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pixell, Helen L. M. (1913). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean, together with some species from the Cape Verde Islands. The Serpulidae, with a classification of the genera Hydroides and Eupomatus. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (Series 2) 16: 69-92., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25257250
page(s): 74-75, plate 8 fig. 1a-c [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Maldives  
type locality contained in Maldives [details]
Note Multiple Indian Ocean localities as the...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Multiple Indian Ocean localities as the syntypes (as only one NHM specimen lot 1924.6.13.147) came from the Maldive area (specified as Miladumadulu Atoll and Minikoi), and from off Zanzibar.  [details]
Etymology Not stated, but for H. homoceros it is likely that the Greek (homos) 'uniform' and (keros) 'horn', refers to the opercular...  
Etymology Not stated, but for H. homoceros it is likely that the Greek (homos) 'uniform' and (keros) 'horn', refers to the opercular verticil spines. Pixell appears to have named 'homoceros' as the opposite to 'heteroceros' (her error for the existing H. heterocerus [sic]) which she mentions. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides homoceros Pixell, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238212 on 2024-03-19
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2007-03-12 12:43:33Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2008-11-04 07:12:01Z
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2016-08-04 21:49:46Z
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2019-09-25 23:30:12Z
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original description Pixell, Helen L. M. (1913). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean, together with some species from the Cape Verde Islands. The Serpulidae, with a classification of the genera Hydroides and Eupomatus. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (Series 2) 16: 69-92., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25257250
page(s): 74-75, plate 8 fig. 1a-c [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but for H. homoceros it is likely that the Greek (homos) 'uniform' and (keros) 'horn', refers to the opercular verticil spines. Pixell appears to have named 'homoceros' as the opposite to 'heteroceros' (her error for the existing H. heterocerus [sic]) which she mentions. [details]

Type locality Multiple Indian Ocean localities as the syntypes (as only one NHM specimen lot 1924.6.13.147) came from the Maldive area (specified as Miladumadulu Atoll and Minikoi), and from off Zanzibar.  [details]