WoRMS taxon details
Iphitime Marenzeller, 1902
129262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129262)
accepted
Genus
Iphitime doederleini Marenzeller, 1902 (type by monotypy)
Coelobranchus Izuka, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Iphitime cuenoti Fauvel, 1914
- Species Iphitime doederleini Marenzeller, 1902
- Species Iphitime hartmanae Kirkegaard, 1977
- Species Iphitime holobranchiata Pilger, 1971
- Species Iphitime loxorhynchi Hartman, 1952
- Species Iphitime nubila Hookabe, Yamamori et al. 2025
- Species Iphitime paguri Fage & Legendre, 1934
- Species Iphitime sartorae de Paiva & Nonato, 1991
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Marenzeller, E. von. (1902). Südjapanische Anneliden. 3. <i>Aphroditea</i>, <i>Eunicea</i>. <em>Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.</em> 72: 563-582., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7219570
page(s): 578 [details]
page(s): 578 [details]
Etymology Not stated, however Iphitime is a feminine personal name from ancient Greece. There are two persons of this name: 1) a...
Etymology Not stated, however Iphitime is a feminine personal name from ancient Greece. There are two persons of this name: 1) a Nereid who is said to have created the Satyroi with Hermes; 2) Daughter of the Spartan king Ikarios, hence sister of Penelope , the wife of Odysseus . She was married to Eumelos, who lived in a house in Pherai. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Iphitime Marenzeller, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129262 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Marenzeller, E. von. (1902). Südjapanische Anneliden. 3. <i>Aphroditea</i>, <i>Eunicea</i>. <em>Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.</em> 72: 563-582., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7219570
page(s): 578 [details]
original description (of Coelobranchus Izuka, 1912) Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 578 [details]
original description (of Coelobranchus Izuka, 1912) Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 135 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Heggøy, Kvalø; Schander, Christoffer; Åkesson, Bertil. (2007). The phylogeny of the annelid genus Ophryotrocha (Dorvilleidae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 3(6): 412-420., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000701695361
note: In a molecular analysis Iphitime paguri falls within Ophryotrocha group. However, this species is not type of the genus [details]
note: In a molecular analysis Iphitime paguri falls within Ophryotrocha group. However, this species is not type of the genus [details]
Other
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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1970). Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 5: 1-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3457
note: places genus Iphitime in its own family. [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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1970). Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 5: 1-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3457
note: places genus Iphitime in its own family. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification Iphitime genus is placed under the family Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919 by Dauvin et al. (2003) and others. The family Iphitimidae Fauchald, 1970 is no longer used. Molecular analysis by for example Hookabe et al, 2025) shows that Iphitime is actually a tight clade nested within Ophryotrocha. However, Hookabe et al (2025) elected not to synonymize it. They state "we retain the generic name Iphitime in this paper due to the need for a further comprehensive revision of Ophryotrocha and a robust phylogenetic framework." [details]Etymology Not stated, however Iphitime is a feminine personal name from ancient Greece. There are two persons of this name: 1) a Nereid who is said to have created the Satyroi with Hermes; 2) Daughter of the Spartan king Ikarios, hence sister of Penelope , the wife of Odysseus . She was married to Eumelos, who lived in a house in Pherai. [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine. Iphitime is a female name from ancient Greece writings [details]
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