WoRMS name details
Pycnoderma fernandense Augener, 1918
336801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336801)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 448-452, text-fig. LXVII.a-c, plate VI figs. 148, 182, plate VII figs. 237-238 [details]
page(s): 448-452, text-fig. LXVII.a-c, plate VI figs. 148, 182, plate VII figs. 237-238 [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Gold Coast, Africa
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Gold Coast, Africa [details]
Etymology Salazar-Vallejo (2012) remarks that: "The original epithet spelling, “fernandense”,might have tried to indicate one of...
Etymology Salazar-Vallejo (2012) remarks that: "The original epithet spelling, “fernandense”,might have tried to indicate one of the collecting sites (Fernando Póo Island, Guinea), adjusted to the apparent feminine gender of Pycnoderma Grube, 1877." Note however that the comment about gender is incorrect. Derma is neuter, thus Pycnoderma is neuter, and the -ense suffix is the correct neuter ending as used by Augener, instead of -ensis, which is the adjectival suffix for gender agreement with both masculine and feminine genera. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pycnoderma fernandense Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336801 on 2026-07-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 448-452, text-fig. LXVII.a-c, plate VI figs. 148, 182, plate VII figs. 237-238 [details]
new combination reference Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2012). Revision of <i>Trophoniella</i> Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Flabelligeridae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 34(3): 453-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2012n3a1
page(s): 482; note: redescribed, apparently from non-type material, and placed in Trophoniella [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 448-452, text-fig. LXVII.a-c, plate VI figs. 148, 182, plate VII figs. 237-238 [details]
new combination reference Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2012). Revision of <i>Trophoniella</i> Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Flabelligeridae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 34(3): 453-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2012n3a1
page(s): 482; note: redescribed, apparently from non-type material, and placed in Trophoniella [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 419; note: superseded synonymy in a listing, there referred to Piromis arenosus Kinberg [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 419; note: superseded synonymy in a listing, there referred to Piromis arenosus Kinberg [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Salazar-Vallejo (2012) remarks that: "The original epithet spelling, “fernandense”,might have tried to indicate one of the collecting sites (Fernando Póo Island, Guinea), adjusted to the apparent feminine gender of Pycnoderma Grube, 1877." Note however that the comment about gender is incorrect. Derma is neuter, thus Pycnoderma is neuter, and the -ense suffix is the correct neuter ending as used by Augener, instead of -ensis, which is the adjectival suffix for gender agreement with both masculine and feminine genera. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Zoologische Museum, Hamburg [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Gold Coast, Africa [details]
