WoRMS taxon details
Armandia Filippi, 1861
129410 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129410)
accepted
Genus
Armandia cirrhosa Filippi, 1861 (type by monotypy)
Ophelina (Armandia) · unaccepted
- Species Armandia agilis (Andrews, 1891)
- Species Armandia amakusaensis Saito, Tamaki & Imajima, 2000
- Species Armandia andamana Eibye-Jacobsen, 2002
- Species Armandia bifida Parapar & Moreira, 2015
- Species Armandia bilobata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986
- Species Armandia bipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- Species Armandia brevis (Moore, 1906)
- Species Armandia broomensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
- Species Armandia buccina Moreira & Parapar, 2017
- Species Armandia casuarina Moreira & Parapar, 2017
- Species Armandia circumpapillata Magalhães, Rizzo & Bailey-Brock, 2019
- Species Armandia cirrhosa Filippi, 1861
- Species Armandia dolio Parapar & Moreira, 2015
- Species Armandia exigua Kükenthal, 1887
- Species Armandia filibranchia Parapar & Moreira, 2015
- Species Armandia garretti Magalhães, Rizzo & Bailey-Brock, 2019
- Species Armandia hossfeldi Hartmann-Schröder, 1956
- Species Armandia ilhabelae Hartmann-Schröder, 1956
- Species Armandia intermedia Fauvel, 1902
- Species Armandia laminosa Parapar & Moreira, 2015
- Species Armandia lanceolata Willey, 1905
- Species Armandia leptocirris (Grube, 1878)
- Species Armandia loboi Elías & Bremec, 2003
- Species Armandia maculata (Webster, 1884)
- Species Armandia mariacapae Moreira & Parapar, 2017
- Species Armandia melanura Gravier, 1905
- Species Armandia nonpapillata Jones, 1962
- Species Armandia opisthoculata Moreira & Parapar, 2017
- Species Armandia paraintermedia Parapar & Moreira, 2015
- Species Armandia parva Moreira & Parapar, 2017
- Species Armandia polyophthalma Kükenthal, 1887
- Species Armandia salvadoriana Hartmann-Schröder, 1956
- Species Armandia sampadae Gopal, Jaleel, Parameswaran & Vijayan, 2016
- Species Armandia secundariopapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1984
- Species Armandia simodaensis Takahashi, 1938
- Species Armandia sinaitica Amoureux, 1983
- Species Armandia tubulata Parapar & Moreira, 2015
- Species Armandia weissenbornii Kükenthal, 1887
- Species Armandia bioculata Hartman, 1938 accepted as Armandia brevis (Moore, 1906) (subjective synonym)
- Species Armandia dollfusi Saint-Joseph, 1894 accepted as Armandia cirrhosa Filippi, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Species Armandia flagellifera Southern, 1914 accepted as Armandia polyophthalma Kükenthal, 1887 (subjective synonym)
- Species Armandia leptocirrus Grube, 1878 accepted as Armandia leptocirris (Grube, 1878) (misspelling)
- Species Armandia longicaudata (Caullery, 1944) accepted as Ophelina longicaudata (Caullery, 1944) (superseded recombination)
- Species Armandia oligops Marenzeller, 1874 accepted as Armandia cirrhosa Filippi, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Species Armandia ramanamurthyi Gopal, Sivadas & Ramu, 2025 (unaccepted > interim unpublished, online only journal without evidence of ZooBank registration in the article (see ICZN 8.5))
- Species Armandia robertianae McIntosh, 1908 accepted as Polyophthalmus pictus (Dujardin, 1839) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Filippi, F. de. (1861). <i>Armandia</i> nuovo genere di Annelidi nel Mediterraneo. <em>Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia, Genoa.</em> 1: 215-219, plate XIV fig. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36255491
page(s): 217-219 [details]
page(s): 217-219 [details]
Etymology The genus is dedicated to the French naturalist Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (February 10, 1810...
Homonymy Senior homonym.
Nomenclator Zoologicus lists three junior homonyms to Armandia Filippi, 1861. These are:
(Mollusca:...
Etymology The genus is dedicated to the French naturalist Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (February 10, 1810 (Berthézène, Valleraugue) - January 12, 1892 (Paris)). [details]
Homonymy Senior homonym.
Nomenclator Zoologicus lists three junior homonyms to Armandia Filippi, 1861. These are:
(Mollusca:...
Homonymy Senior homonym.
Nomenclator Zoologicus lists three junior homonyms to Armandia Filippi, 1861. These are:
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) Armandia Ancey 1883, Natural. Sicil., 2, 143.
(Insecta: Lepidoptera) Armandia Blanchard 1871, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 72, 809.
(Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) Armandia Guiart 1927, C.R. Ass. franç. Avanc. Sci., 50, 401
[details]
Nomenclator Zoologicus lists three junior homonyms to Armandia Filippi, 1861. These are:
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) Armandia Ancey 1883, Natural. Sicil., 2, 143.
(Insecta: Lepidoptera) Armandia Blanchard 1871, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 72, 809.
(Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) Armandia Guiart 1927, C.R. Ass. franç. Avanc. Sci., 50, 401
[details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Armandia Filippi, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129410 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Filippi, F. de. (1861). <i>Armandia</i> nuovo genere di Annelidi nel Mediterraneo. <em>Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia, Genoa.</em> 1: 215-219, plate XIV fig. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36255491
page(s): 217-219 [details]
page(s): 217-219 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Moreira, Juan; Parapar, Julio. (2017). New data on the Opheliidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia): five new species of the genus Armandia Filippi, 1861. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4290(3): 483-502., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4290.3.4 [details] Available for editors
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Identification resource
identification resource
Gopal, Aiswarya; Jaleel K.U., Abdul; Parameswaran, Usha V.; Vijayan, Anil Kumar. (2016). <i>Armandia sampadae</i>, a new species of polychaete (Opheliidae) from Andaman Sea, Northern Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96(8): 1625-1632., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531541500199X
note: Includes a table of all Armandia species [details] Available for editors
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note: Includes a table of all Armandia species [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Parapar, Julio; Moreira, Juan. (2015). Six new species of the genus <em>Armandia </em>Filippi, 1861 (Polychaeta, Opheliidae) from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 577-603., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.19
page(s): 579 [details] Available for editors
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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) [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]
page(s): 579 [details] Available for editors

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) [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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Diagnosis "Body elongated, not divided into distinct regions; ventral groove and two lateral grooves from chaetiger 2 to posterior end. Segments annulated. Prostomium conical, sometimes with terminal palpode; subdermal eyespots; a pair of large, eversible nuchal organs. Single and cirriform branchiae from chaetiger 2. Sometimes one or several posterior segments abranchiate. Segmental lateral eyes present between parapodia. Parapodia with prechaetal lobe, ventral lobe and sometimes a dorsal cirrus. Noto- and neuropodial lappets absent. Interramal ciliated organ present sometimes. Noto- and neuropodial small fascicles of simple capillary chaetae. Pygidium with conspicuous expansion—anal (pygidial) tube (funnel)—of variable shape, usually bearing internally attached midventral cirrus, marginal papillae and sometimes a basal pair of papillae." (Parapar & Moreira, 2015: 279). [details]Etymology The genus is dedicated to the French naturalist Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (February 10, 1810 (Berthézène, Valleraugue) - January 12, 1892 (Paris)). [details]
Homonymy Senior homonym.
Nomenclator Zoologicus lists three junior homonyms to Armandia Filippi, 1861. These are:
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) Armandia Ancey 1883, Natural. Sicil., 2, 143.
(Insecta: Lepidoptera) Armandia Blanchard 1871, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 72, 809.
(Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) Armandia Guiart 1927, C.R. Ass. franç. Avanc. Sci., 50, 401
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Unreviewed
Remark A. intermedia listed under Family Ctenodrilidae by Vine . Type species A. cirrhosa Filippi 1861 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]