WoRMS taxon details
Hololepida Moore, 1905
174506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174506)
accepted
Genus
Hololepida magna Moore, 1905 (type by monotypy)
- Species Hololepida australis Monro, 1936
- Species Hololepida japonica Imajima, 1997
- Species Hololepida magna Moore, 1905
- Species Hololepida oculata Hartman, 1967
- Species Hololepida veleronis Hartman, 1939
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J.P. (1905). New species of Polychaeta from the North Pacific, chiefly from Alaskan waters. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57: 525-554, plates XXXIV-XXXVI., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26293556
page(s): 541 [details]
page(s): 541 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Hololepida Moore, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174506 on 2024-09-23
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original description
Moore, J.P. (1905). New species of Polychaeta from the North Pacific, chiefly from Alaskan waters. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57: 525-554, plates XXXIV-XXXVI., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26293556
page(s): 541 [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 66; note: Day (1967: 44) provided an amended diagnosis of Alentia Malmgren, 1865 "to include Hololepida Moore, 1905" but with no further comment. Subsequent authors (eg Fauchald, 1977; Imajima, 1...
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redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 65 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 541 [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 66; note: Day (1967: 44) provided an amended diagnosis of Alentia Malmgren, 1865 "to include Hololepida Moore, 1905" but with no further comment. Subsequent authors (eg Fauchald, 1977; Imajima, 1...
Day (1967: 44) provided an amended diagnosis of Alentia Malmgren, 1865 "to include Hololepida Moore, 1905" but with no further comment. Subsequent authors (eg Fauchald, 1977; Imajima, 1997) have retained Hololepida and Alentia as valid genera.
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 65 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Moore's diagnosis is short but he identifies three characters for his genus: "The body is much elongated; anteriorly elytra and dorsal cirri alternate in the usual manner, but in the middle and posterior region all segments bear elytra only; a large free nuchal plate overlaps the prostomium dorsally." [details]