WoRMS taxon details
Helmetophorus Hartman, 1978
324751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324751)
accepted
Genus
Helmetophorus rankini Hartman, 1978 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
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Etymology The generic name Helmetophorus is composed by the English word 'helmet' and the New Latin suffix of Greek origin -phorus,...
Etymology The generic name Helmetophorus is composed by the English word 'helmet' and the New Latin suffix of Greek origin -phorus, meaning 'bearing', and refers to the helmetlike hood covering the anterior end of the worm. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Helmetophorus Hartman, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324751 on 2025-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
page(s): 144-145 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 144-145 [details] Available for editors
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Glasby, C.J.; Fauchald, K. (1991). Redescription of <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i> Hartman, (Polychaeta: Helmetophoridae) and its transfer to the Flabelligeridae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104(4): 684-687., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34809386
page(s): 684 [details]
page(s): 684 [details]
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additional source
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of <i>Chauvinelia</i>, redescriptions of <i>Flabelliseta incrusta</i>, and <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i>, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(02): 465-477., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054501
page(s): 465-469, 473; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 465-469, 473; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
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Classification Hartman (1978) thought Helmetophorus was related to the hesionids, while Glasby & Fauchald (1991) thought it belonged in Flabelligeridae, and finally Salazar-Vallejo et al. (2007) moved it to Acrocirridae. [details]Diagnosis Emended diagnosis by Salazar-Vallejo et al. (2007: 473): ''Body cylindrical, tapering posteriorly. Cephalic hood dorsally elongate, truncate ventrally. Body papillae reduced; interparapodial papillae elongate, clavate. All chaetae simple, straight, outer chaetal cortex with successive bands of denticles. Nuchal organs convoluted. Branchiae cirriform. Nephridial lobes lateral. Perhaps pelagic forms.'' [details]
Etymology The generic name Helmetophorus is composed by the English word 'helmet' and the New Latin suffix of Greek origin -phorus, meaning 'bearing', and refers to the helmetlike hood covering the anterior end of the worm. [details]
