WoRMS name details
Myrioglobula Hartman, 1967
174151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174151)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Myrioglobula antarctica Hartman, 1967 accepted as Myriochele antarctica (Hartman, 1967) (type by original designation)
- Species Myrioglobula antarctica Hartman, 1967 accepted as Myriochele antarctica (Hartman, 1967) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Myrioglobula islandica Parapar, 2003 accepted as Myriochele islandica (Parapar, 2003) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Myrioglobula japonica Imajima & Morita, 1987 accepted as Myriochele japonica (Imajima & Morita, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Myrioglobula malmgreni Parapar, 2006 accepted as Myriochele malmgreni (Parapar, 2006) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Etymology Not stated. However, in the description of the genus Hartman mentions a short, globular prostomium. As Myrio means...
Etymology Not stated. However, in the description of the genus Hartman mentions a short, globular prostomium. As Myrio means innumerable referring to the chaetae, the two words 'myrio' and 'globula' together do not create a meaningful genus name. Presumably Hartman retained 'myrio' to indicate similarity to the existing genus Myriochele. Indeed the two genera are now regarded as synonyms. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Myrioglobula Hartman, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174151 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Capa, Maria; Parapar, Julio; Hutchings, Patricia. (2012). Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166(2): 236-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00850.x
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]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
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Etymology Not stated. However, in the description of the genus Hartman mentions a short, globular prostomium. As Myrio means innumerable referring to the chaetae, the two words 'myrio' and 'globula' together do not create a meaningful genus name. Presumably Hartman retained 'myrio' to indicate similarity to the existing genus Myriochele. Indeed the two genera are now regarded as synonyms. [details]Synonymy According to Capa et al (2012: 253) " Differences between Myriochele and Myrioglobula were traditionally based on the number of uniramous segments (Hartman, 1967), with Myrioglobula characterized by having one (TF = U : B : B) and Myriochele two or three (TF = U : U : B and U : U : U). However, this feature has been demonstrated not to be informative because it varies within Myriochele (two or three segments), and there are species, such as Myriochele robusta Parapar, 2003c, which show a different pattern with a biramous second segment between the uniramous first and third. " [details]
