WoRMS taxon details
Westheideius Salazar-Vallejo, de León-González & Carrera-Parra, 2019
1444731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1444731)
accepted
Genus
Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide, 1982 accepted as Westheideius hamosus (Westheide, 1982) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; De León-González, Jesús Angel; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2019). Phylogeny of Microphthalminae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971, and revision of Hesionella Hartman, 1939, and Struwela Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 (Annelida, Errantia). <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e7723: 1-35., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/7723
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page(s): 26 of 35; note: for Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide 1982 [details] Available for editors

Etymology named after Professor Dr. Wilfried Westheide
Etymology named after Professor Dr. Wilfried Westheide [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Westheideius Salazar-Vallejo, de León-González & Carrera-Parra, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1444731 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; De León-González, Jesús Angel; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2019). Phylogeny of Microphthalminae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971, and revision of Hesionella Hartman, 1939, and Struwela Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 (Annelida, Errantia). <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e7723: 1-35., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/7723
page(s): 26 of 35; note: for Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide 1982 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 26 of 35; note: for Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide 1982 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Editor's comment There is also a Westheideia Wolf, 1986, in Dorvilleidae. A one letter difference (here two) is sufficient for the names to be distinct, but care is needed to avoid mistakes in usage. [details]Etymology named after Professor Dr. Wilfried Westheide [details]