WoRMS taxon details
Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900
129693 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129693)
accepted
Genus
Terebella danielsseni Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Eupolymnia nesidensis (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (type by typification of replaced name)
Amphitritoides Costa, 1862 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pallonia Costa, 1862 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polymnia Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (junior homonym replaced with...)
junior homonym replaced with Eupolymnia by Verrill
- Species Eupolymnia boniniana (Hessle, 1917)
- Species Eupolymnia caulleryi Buzhinskaja, 2013
- Species Eupolymnia chlorobranchiata Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015
- Species Eupolymnia congruens (Marenzeller, 1884)
- Species Eupolymnia corae Carrerette & Nogueira, 2015
- Species Eupolymnia crassicornis (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Eupolymnia dubia (Caullery, 1944)
- Species Eupolymnia gili Lavesque, Daffe, Londoño-Mesa & Hutchings, 2021
- Species Eupolymnia heterobranchia (Johnson, 1901)
- Species Eupolymnia insulana Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Eupolymnia intoshi (Caullery, 1944)
- Species Eupolymnia joaoi Capa & Hutchings, 2006
- Species Eupolymnia koorangia Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
- Species Eupolymnia labiata (Willey, 1905)
- Species Eupolymnia lacazei Lavesque, Daffe, Londoño-Mesa & Hutchings, 2021
- Species Eupolymnia magnifica (Webster, 1884)
- Species Eupolymnia marenzelleri (Caullery, 1944)
- Species Eupolymnia meissnerae Lavesque, Daffe, Londoño-Mesa & Hutchings, 2021
- Species Eupolymnia nebulosa (Montagu, 1819)
- Species Eupolymnia nesidensis (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
- Species Eupolymnia regnans Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Eupolymnia robusta (Annenkova, 1925)
- Species Eupolymnia rullieri Londoño-Mesa, 2009
- Species Eupolymnia scholastica Lavesque & Hutchings, 2025
- Species Eupolymnia trigonostoma (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Eupolymnia triloba (Fischli, 1900)
- Species Eupolymnia umbonis Hutchings, 1990
- Subgenus Eupolymnia (Polymniella) Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polymniella Verrill, 1900 (rank upgrade to genus)
- Species Eupolymnia (Polymniella) aurantiaca Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polymniella aurantiaca (Verrill, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eupolymnia crescentis Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Eupolymnia heterobranchia (Johnson, 1901) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eupolymnia kermadecensis (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Terebella kermadecensis McIntosh, 1885 (questionable recombination)
- Species Eupolymnia robusta (Caullery, 1944) accepted as Eupolymnia caulleryi Buzhinskaja, 2013 (replaced secondary homonym)
- Species Eupolymnia capensis (McIntosh, 1924) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 660; note: as replacement name for Polymnia Malmgren, 1867 [details] Available for editors
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(of Polymnia Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 108 [details]
page(s): 660; note: as replacement name for Polymnia Malmgren, 1867 [details] Available for editors
[request](of Polymnia Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 108 [details]
Note Type species is Terebella danielsseni...
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Type species Type species is Terebella danielsseni Malmgren, regarded currently as a synonym of Amphitrite nesidensis delle Chiaje 1828. Fauchald, 1977<146> and the Hartman catalogue give the type species as respectively Amphitrite nesidensis and Eupolymnia nesidensis, but synonymy does not change the type species name to the senior synonym. [details]
Etymology Eupolymnia is a compound word from 'Eu' meaning true and 'Polymnia' the original name being replaced for homonymy. In...
Nomenclature Replacement name for junior homonym Polymnia Malmgren, 1867.
Etymology Eupolymnia is a compound word from 'Eu' meaning true and 'Polymnia' the original name being replaced for homonymy. In Greek mythology Polymnia (also (Polyhymnia) was daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, one of the nine Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. In the Classical era, when the Mousai were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Polymnia was named Muse of religious hymns and portrayed as a woman in a pensive or meditative pose. Her name was derived from the Greek words poly- "many" and hymnos "praise" or "hymn." [adapted from website www.theoi.com] [details]
Nomenclature Replacement name for junior homonym Polymnia Malmgren, 1867.
Nomenclature Replacement name for junior homonym Polymnia Malmgren, 1867. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129693 on 2025-11-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 660; note: as replacement name for Polymnia Malmgren, 1867 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polymnia Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Amphitritoides Costa, 1862) Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374 [details]
original description (of Pallonia Costa, 1862) Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374
page(s): 88-89 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 660; note: as replacement name for Polymnia Malmgren, 1867 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polymnia Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Amphitritoides Costa, 1862) Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374 [details]
original description (of Pallonia Costa, 1862) Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374
page(s): 88-89 [details]
basis of record 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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Capa, María; Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (2006). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Coiba National Park, Panamanian Pacific, including description of four new species and synonymy of the genus <i>Paraeupolymnia</i> with <i>Lanicola</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1375: 1-29., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1375.1.1
page(s): table 1; note: synoptic table of species [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): table 1; note: synoptic table of species [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf
page(s): 26-27. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf
page(s): 26-27. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Prostomium compact, branchiae, 3 pairs on segments 2,3 and 4, branched. Lateral lobes present on segments 2,3 and 4. Notopodia from segment 4, 17 pairs, with smooth-tipped notosetae. Uncini, avicular present from segment 5. [details]Etymology Eupolymnia is a compound word from 'Eu' meaning true and 'Polymnia' the original name being replaced for homonymy. In Greek mythology Polymnia (also (Polyhymnia) was daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, one of the nine Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. In the Classical era, when the Mousai were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Polymnia was named Muse of religious hymns and portrayed as a woman in a pensive or meditative pose. Her name was derived from the Greek words poly- "many" and hymnos "praise" or "hymn." [adapted from website www.theoi.com] [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine. Eupolymnia includes the name of the female muse, Polymnia, of Greek mythology. [details]
Nomenclature Replacement name for junior homonym Polymnia Malmgren, 1867. [details]
Type species Type species is Terebella danielsseni Malmgren, regarded currently as a synonym of Amphitrite nesidensis delle Chiaje 1828. Fauchald, 1977<146> and the Hartman catalogue give the type species as respectively Amphitrite nesidensis and Eupolymnia nesidensis, but synonymy does not change the type species name to the senior synonym. [details]
To Atlas of Living Australia
To Australian Faunal Directory
To Biodiversity Heritage Library
To Catalogue of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eupolymnia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymnia) (from synonym Polymnia Malmgren, 1867)
To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
To Australian Faunal Directory
To Biodiversity Heritage Library
To Catalogue of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eupolymnia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymnia) (from synonym Polymnia Malmgren, 1867)
To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
