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Axiothella Verrill, 1900

129342  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129342)

accepted
Genus
Axiothea Malmgren, 1865 · unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced junior homonym)
Clymenella (Axiothella) Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (rank change, elevated to genus)

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(of Clymenella (Axiothella) Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 657; note: Axiothella created as a subgenus of Clymenella [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Etymology Verrill (1900: 657) does not give an etymology, but Axiothella is presumed to be derived as a modified form of Axiothea...  
Etymology Verrill (1900: 657) does not give an etymology, but Axiothella is presumed to be derived as a modified form of Axiothea Malmgren, 1865, which Verrill knew to be a homonym, and here included Axiothea (the senior name but a homonym) in his Clymenella as a synonym, effectively replacing it with Axiothella. Axiothea is a female given name of classical Greece (see Axiothea) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Axiothella Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129342 on 2025-05-27
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-03-04 06:49:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2019-10-25 01:19:27Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Axiothea Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 190 [details] 

original description (of Clymenella (Axiothella) Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 657; note: Axiothella created as a subgenus of Clymenella [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Jiménez-Cueto, M. Soledad and Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. 1998. Maldánidos (Polychaeta) del Caribe Mexicano con una clave para las especies del Gran Caribe. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45(4): 1459-1480, 8 figures.
page(s): 1473; note: tabulation of major character states of species they regard as Axiothella species [details] 

status source Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic].</em> 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358
page(s): 205; note: Axiothella Verrill is treated as a valid genus (separate from Clymenella). There is a long discussion of genus Axiothella. [details] OpenAccess publication

status source Mangum, Charlotte P. (1966). Two new species of <i>Clymenella</i> (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from Brazil. <em>Postilla.</em> 104: 1-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40547
note: comments disagreeing with Arwidsson's decision to treat Axiothella as a separate genus. She appears to regard it as a synonym of Clymenella [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

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)
note: checklist listing [details] 

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

 
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Etymology Verrill (1900: 657) does not give an etymology, but Axiothella is presumed to be derived as a modified form of Axiothea Malmgren, 1865, which Verrill knew to be a homonym, and here included Axiothea (the senior name but a homonym) in his Clymenella as a synonym, effectively replacing it with Axiothella. Axiothea is a female given name of classical Greece (see Axiothea) [details]
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English bamboo worms  [details]
German Bambuswürmer  [details]