WoRMS name details
Linotrypane McIntosh, 1875
325874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325874)
unaccepted (subjective synonym. Type species is a synonym in Polygordius)
Genus
Linotrypane apogon McIntosh, 1875 accepted as Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868 (type by monotypy)
- Species Linotrypane apogon McIntosh, 1875 accepted as Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868 (subjective synonym)
- Species Linotrypane erythrophthalma Giard, 1880 accepted as Polygordius erythrophthalmus (Giard, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1875). On a new example of the Opheliidae (<i>Linotrypane apogon</i>) from Shetland. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8(89): 386-390., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48403860
page(s): 386; note: McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote etymology), and his only use of the genus and species names is in the title. [details]
page(s): 386; note: McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote etymology), and his only use of the genus and species names is in the title. [details]
Etymology Lino is Greek for thread, and trypane is Greek for borer, so "thread-like borer". McIntosh gives the Greek words in a...
Nomenclature In his article McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote on etymology), and his...
Taxonomy Giard (1880) maintains Linotrypane as valid, but indicates its close link to Polygordius. He appears to maintain there is a...
Etymology Lino is Greek for thread, and trypane is Greek for borer, so "thread-like borer". McIntosh gives the Greek words in a footnote. The prior 'trypane' name in Opheliidae was Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 and subsequently McIntosh added Tachytrypane and Ammotrypanella. [details]
Nomenclature In his article McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote on etymology), and his...
Nomenclature In his article McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote on etymology), and his only use of the genus and species names is in the title. [details]
Taxonomy Giard (1880) maintains Linotrypane as valid, but indicates its close link to Polygordius. He appears to maintain there is a...
Taxonomy Giard (1880) maintains Linotrypane as valid, but indicates its close link to Polygordius. He appears to maintain there is a close link of both genera to Opheliidae. His article in French was republished in English in Annals and Magazine of Natural history, where Linotrypane is misspelled Limnotrypane, an error not in the original. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Linotrypane McIntosh, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325874 on 2026-09-05
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1875). On a new example of the Opheliidae (<i>Linotrypane apogon</i>) from Shetland. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8(89): 386-390., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48403860
page(s): 386; note: McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote etymology), and his only use of the genus and species names is in the title. [details]
page(s): 386; note: McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote etymology), and his only use of the genus and species names is in the title. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fraipont, J. (1887). Le genre Polygordius. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte.</em> 14: 1-125., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39525
note: appears to maintain Linotrypane McIntosh as valid [details]
note: appears to maintain Linotrypane McIntosh as valid [details]
Other
additional source
Giard, A. 1880. Sur les affinités du genre Polygordius avec les Annélides de la famille des Opheliidae. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Science, Paris, 91: 341-326.
note: Linotrypane is linked to Polygordius, but Polygordiidae did not yet exist. [details]
additional source Giard, M. Alfred. (1880). On the Affinities of the Genus Polygordius with the Annelids of the Family Opheliidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 5) 6(34): 324-328., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170549
note: the translation misspells Linotrypane as Limnotrypane [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1875). Note on <i>Linotrypane apogon</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> 16(95): 369-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128255 [details]
note: Linotrypane is linked to Polygordius, but Polygordiidae did not yet exist. [details]
additional source Giard, M. Alfred. (1880). On the Affinities of the Genus Polygordius with the Annelids of the Family Opheliidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 5) 6(34): 324-328., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170549
note: the translation misspells Linotrypane as Limnotrypane [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1875). Note on <i>Linotrypane apogon</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> 16(95): 369-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128255 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Lino is Greek for thread, and trypane is Greek for borer, so "thread-like borer". McIntosh gives the Greek words in a footnote. The prior 'trypane' name in Opheliidae was Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 and subsequently McIntosh added Tachytrypane and Ammotrypanella. [details]Nomenclature In his article McIntosh never indicates the genus is new (except indirectly by including a footnote on etymology), and his only use of the genus and species names is in the title. [details]
Taxonomy Giard (1880) maintains Linotrypane as valid, but indicates its close link to Polygordius. He appears to maintain there is a close link of both genera to Opheliidae. His article in French was republished in English in Annals and Magazine of Natural history, where Linotrypane is misspelled Limnotrypane, an error not in the original. [details]
