WoRMS name details
Orthodromus Ehlers, 1908
325947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325947)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Orthodromus spinosus Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Oxydromus spinosus (Ehlers, 1908) (type by monotypy)
- Species Orthodromus spinosus Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Oxydromus spinosus (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 61 [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Orthodromus Ehlers, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325947 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 61 [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 224-225; note: with Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (now = Oxydromus Grube, 1855) [details]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 190 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 224-225; note: with Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (now = Oxydromus Grube, 1855) [details]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 190 [details] Available for editors
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Synonymy Catalogued as synonymous with Ophiodromus [Oxydromus] since at least Hartman (1959:190). There is probably an earlier source of this synonymy. [Addendum (João Gil, 23Jul2021): Genus synonymized with Ophiodromus by Augener (1918:224-225).]. [details]
