Polychaeta taxon details
Astomus Jouin, 1979
324623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324623)
accepted
Genus
Astomus taenioides Jouin, 1979 (type by original designation)
Parenterodrilus Jouin, 1992 · unaccepted (unjustified new name for Astomus)
- Species Astomus taenioides Jouin, 1979
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jouin, Claude 1979. Description of a free-living polychaete without gut: Astomus taenioides n.gen., n.sp. (Protodrilidae, Archiannnelida). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 57(12): 2448-2456., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z79-317
page(s): 2448 [details]
page(s): 2448 [details]
Homonymy Jouin (1992) later believed Astomus was a homonym, and replaced it with Parenterodrilus, but it is not. Astomus in...
Homonymy Jouin (1992) later believed Astomus was a homonym, and replaced it with Parenterodrilus, but it is not. Astomus in Agassiz's Nomenclatoris Zoologici listing (p.38 in the Index Universalis) is simply one of Agassiz's many alternate spellings mentioned, and it is not clear in this case if his intention was introduction of a new spelling. See Parenterodrilus record for a longer examination of the case.
Martínez et al (2015: 257) subsequently formally reinstated Astomus. [details]
Martínez et al (2015: 257) subsequently formally reinstated Astomus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Astomus Jouin, 1979. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324623 on 2025-05-21
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Jouin, Claude 1979. Description of a free-living polychaete without gut: Astomus taenioides n.gen., n.sp. (Protodrilidae, Archiannnelida). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 57(12): 2448-2456., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z79-317
page(s): 2448 [details]
original description (of Parenterodrilus Jouin, 1992) Jouin, Claude 1992. The ultrastructure of a gutless annelid, Parenterodrilus gen. nov. taenioides (=Astomus taenioides) (Polychaeta, Protodrilidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(9): 1833-1848.
page(s): 1834 [replacement name proposed] [details]
additional source Jouin, Claude 1992. The ultrastructure of a gutless annelid, Parenterodrilus gen. nov. taenioides (=Astomus taenioides) (Polychaeta, Protodrilidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(9): 1833-1848.
page(s): 1834 [replacement name proposed] [details]
status source Martínez, Alejandro; Di Domenico, Maikon; Rouse, Greg W.; Worsaae, Katrine. (2015). Phylogeny and systematics of Protodrilidae (Annelida) inferred with total evidence analyses. <em>Cladistics.</em> 31(3): 250–276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12089
note: resumed usage of Astomus over Parenterodrilus [details]
page(s): 2448 [details]
original description (of Parenterodrilus Jouin, 1992) Jouin, Claude 1992. The ultrastructure of a gutless annelid, Parenterodrilus gen. nov. taenioides (=Astomus taenioides) (Polychaeta, Protodrilidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(9): 1833-1848.
page(s): 1834 [replacement name proposed] [details]
additional source Jouin, Claude 1992. The ultrastructure of a gutless annelid, Parenterodrilus gen. nov. taenioides (=Astomus taenioides) (Polychaeta, Protodrilidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(9): 1833-1848.
page(s): 1834 [replacement name proposed] [details]
status source Martínez, Alejandro; Di Domenico, Maikon; Rouse, Greg W.; Worsaae, Katrine. (2015). Phylogeny and systematics of Protodrilidae (Annelida) inferred with total evidence analyses. <em>Cladistics.</em> 31(3): 250–276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12089
note: resumed usage of Astomus over Parenterodrilus [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Jouin (1992) later believed Astomus was a homonym, and replaced it with Parenterodrilus, but it is not. Astomus in Agassiz's Nomenclatoris Zoologici listing (p.38 in the Index Universalis) is simply one of Agassiz's many alternate spellings mentioned, and it is not clear in this case if his intention was introduction of a new spelling. See Parenterodrilus record for a longer examination of the case.Martínez et al (2015: 257) subsequently formally reinstated Astomus. [details]
