WoRMS name details
Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884
326046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326046)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Thaumastoma singulare Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (type by monotypy)
- Species Thaumastoma singulare Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 737 [details]
page(s): 737 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326046 on 2026-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 737 [details]
page(s): 737 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. II. Remarques complémentaires sur les Spionidiens. La famille nouvelle des Disomidiens. La place des Aonides (sensu Tauber, Levinsen). <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 83-100., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721719
page(s): 95; note: to Disoma (now Trochochaeta) [details]
page(s): 95; note: to Disoma (now Trochochaeta) [details]
