WoRMS name details
Hermione mathei Quatrefages, 1866
328330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328330)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Hermione Blainville, 1828 accepted as Laetmonice Kinberg, 1856
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 210 [details]
page(s): 210 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Mauritius, Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mauritius, Indian Ocean [details]
Etymology not stated, but evidently named after M. Mathieu (note spelling difference as latinised), who collected the specimen from...
Etymology not stated, but evidently named after M. Mathieu (note spelling difference as latinised), who collected the specimen from l'lle de France (Mauritius) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Hermione mathei Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328330 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 210 [details]
page(s): 210 [details]
Other
additional source
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1875). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditen. (Gruppe Hermionea und Sigalionina). <em>Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 52: 57-79., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38491723
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Horst, Rutger. (1916). Malayan species of the genera <i>Aphroditella</i>, <i>Hermione</i>, <i>Laetmonice</i> and <i>Aphrogenia</i>. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 2(2): 65-77., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318515
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Horst, Rutger. (1916). Malayan species of the genera <i>Aphroditella</i>, <i>Hermione</i>, <i>Laetmonice</i> and <i>Aphrogenia</i>. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 2(2): 65-77., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318515
page(s): 69 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Subsequent usages of this name have yet to be found. It would now be a Laetmonice (via replacement name Hermonia) [details]Etymology not stated, but evidently named after M. Mathieu (note spelling difference as latinised), who collected the specimen from l'lle de France (Mauritius) [details]
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 46 [details]
Type locality Mauritius, Indian Ocean [details]
