WoRMS taxon details
Harmothoe magellanica (McIntosh, 1885)
174468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174468)
accepted
Species
Harmothoe (Evarnella) impar notialis Monro, 1930 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe (Harmothoe) magellanica (McIntosh, 1885) · unaccepted
Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe impar notialis Monro, 1930 · unaccepted (recombination of subjective...)
recombination of subjective synonym, subgeneric assignment abandoned
Harmothoe molluscum (Ehlers, 1897) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Hermadion ambiguum Ehlers, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Lagisca magellanica grubei McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lagisca magellanica murrayi McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 82-83, Pl. XIII fig. 5, Pl. XVIII figs. 3-4, Pl. VIIA figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 82-83, Pl. XIII fig. 5, Pl. XVIII figs. 3-4, Pl. VIIA figs. 1-2 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe magellanica (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174468 on 2026-06-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916) Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 274, 277-279, plate II fig. 1, plate IV figs. 4-7 [details]
original description (of Hermadion ambiguum Ehlers, 1900) Ehlers, E. (1900). Magellanischen Anneliden gesammelt während der schwedischen Expedition nach den Magellansländern. <em>Nachrichten der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1900(2): 206-223., available online at http://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/dms/img/?PID=GDZPPN002498812
page(s): 209-210 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 82-83, Pl. XIII fig. 5, Pl. XVIII figs. 3-4, Pl. VIIA figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe (Evarnella) impar notialis Monro, 1930) 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): 58-59, fig. 13a-d [details]
original description (of Lagisca magellanica grubei McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 84-85, Pl. III fig. 5, Pl. XVIII fig. 2, Pl. VIIA figs. 14-16 [details]
original description (of Lagisca magellanica murrayi McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 83-84, Pl. XIX fig. 1, Pl. IXA figs. 13-14 [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 275, 280-282, plate IV figs. 1-3; note: recombined from Lagisca [details]
page(s): 274, 277-279, plate II fig. 1, plate IV figs. 4-7 [details]
original description (of Hermadion ambiguum Ehlers, 1900) Ehlers, E. (1900). Magellanischen Anneliden gesammelt während der schwedischen Expedition nach den Magellansländern. <em>Nachrichten der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1900(2): 206-223., available online at http://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/dms/img/?PID=GDZPPN002498812
page(s): 209-210 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 82-83, Pl. XIII fig. 5, Pl. XVIII figs. 3-4, Pl. VIIA figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe (Evarnella) impar notialis Monro, 1930) 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): 58-59, fig. 13a-d [details]
original description (of Lagisca magellanica grubei McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 84-85, Pl. III fig. 5, Pl. XVIII fig. 2, Pl. VIIA figs. 14-16 [details]
original description (of Lagisca magellanica murrayi McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 83-84, Pl. XIX fig. 1, Pl. IXA figs. 13-14 [details]
basis of record 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]new combination reference Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 275, 280-282, plate IV figs. 1-3; note: recombined from Lagisca [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Barnich, R.; Fiege, D.; Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C. (2006). Redescription of Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) and related species from Subantarctic and Antarctic waters, with the erection of a new genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 40(1-2): 33-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930500445044
page(s): 52-55, fig. 6A-L, 7A-B, table III; note: redescription of lectotype and paralectotypes [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 52-55, fig. 6A-L, 7A-B, table III; note: redescription of lectotype and paralectotypes [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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): 54-55 [details]
additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 117-118, plate IX figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 54-55 [details]
additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 117-118, plate IX figs. 1-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Validity In RAMS, this species is mentioned as Harmothoe cf. magellanica [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hermadion ambiguum Ehlers, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harmothoe magellanica)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Harmothoe magellanica (McIntosh, 1885); syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3534908)
To NHMUK collection (Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3534919) (from synonym Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe brevipalpa, dorsal) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe brevipalpa, ventral) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe magellanica, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe magellanica, ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Hermadion ambiguum Ehlers, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harmothoe magellanica)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Harmothoe magellanica (McIntosh, 1885); syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3534908)
To NHMUK collection (Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3534919) (from synonym Lagisca magellanica McIntosh, 1885)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe brevipalpa, dorsal) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe brevipalpa, ventral) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe magellanica, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harmothoe magellanica, ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Hermadion ambiguum Ehlers, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Harmothoe brevipalpa Bergström, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
