WoRMS taxon details
Pycnoderma Grube, 1877
326009 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326009)
accepted
Genus
Pycnoderma congoense Grube, 1877 (type by monotypy)
- Species Pycnoderma congoense Grube, 1877
- Species Pycnoderma dannyi Salazar-Vallejo, 2011
- Species Pycnoderma escobarae Salazar-Vallejo, 2011
- Species Pycnoderma ferruginea (Gallardo, 1968)
- Species Pycnoderma glabra (Treadwell, 1901)
- Species Pycnoderma glasbyi Salazar-Vallejo, 2011
- Species Pycnoderma gracilis (Hartman, 1961)
- Species Pycnoderma talehsapensis (Fauvel, 1932)
- Species Pycnoderma fernandense Augener, 1918 accepted as Trophoniella fernandensis (Augener, 1918) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Grube, A. E. (1877). Anneliden - Ausbeute S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 509-554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723826
page(s): 540 [details]
page(s): 540 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pycnoderma Grube, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326009 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, A. E. (1877). Anneliden - Ausbeute S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 509-554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723826
page(s): 540 [details]
page(s): 540 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2011). Revision of <i>Piromis</i> Kinberg, 1867 and <i>Pycnoderma</i> Grube, 1877 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2819(1): 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2819.1.1
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
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Grammatical gender Pycnoderma is neuter, as derma is neuter, hence Grube (1877) used the neuter suffix for the type species, Pycnoderma congoense. [details]
