WoRMS name details
Orseis Ehlers, 1864
129316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129316)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Orseis pulla Ehlers, 1864 (type by monotypy)
- Species Orseis brevis Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 (uncertain > nomen dubium, based on a juvenile, but fide Pleijel (1998: 139) is probably an indeterminable Oxydromus)
- Species Orseis fimbriata Hartman, 1953 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, misidentified Syllidae specimen (holotype SMNH 625) according to Pleijel, 1998: 139)
- Species Orseis mathai Gravier, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, misidentified Syllidae specimen according to Pleijel, 1998: 139)
- Species Orseis pulla Ehlers, 1864 (uncertain > nomen dubium, juvenile form of uncertain placement)
- Species Orseis grasslei Blake, 1985 accepted as Sirsoe grasslei (Blake, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Orseis lagunae Hartman, 1961 accepted as Brachysyllis lagunae (Hartman, 1961) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 188 [details]
page(s): 188 [details]
Status Although Pleijel placed Orseis as an Ophiodromus (now Oxydromus) he placed the type species Orseis pulla as a nomen dubium....
Status Although Pleijel placed Orseis as an Ophiodromus (now Oxydromus) he placed the type species Orseis pulla as a nomen dubium. No actual Orseis species was placed as an Ophiodromus/Oxydromus. Two former Orseis species are valid in other genera, the others are here treated as ' taxon inquirendum' as they are misidentified but their true placement is unknown. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Orseis Ehlers, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129316 on 2026-06-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 188 [details]
page(s): 188 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 91-92, fig. 28a-c; note: description of possible juvenile from South Georgia [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)
note: checklist listing [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]
page(s): 91-92, fig. 28a-c; note: description of possible juvenile from South Georgia [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)
note: checklist listing [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Although Pleijel placed Orseis as an Ophiodromus (now Oxydromus) he placed the type species Orseis pulla as a nomen dubium. No actual Orseis species was placed as an Ophiodromus/Oxydromus. Two former Orseis species are valid in other genera, the others are here treated as ' taxon inquirendum' as they are misidentified but their true placement is unknown. [details]
