WoRMS name details
Siphonostoma cariboum Grube, 1859
336807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336807)
unaccepted (superseded recombination, genus spelling corrected)
Species
Siphonostoma Otto, 1821 accepted as Flabelligera Sars, 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Siphonostomum cariboum Grube, 1859) Grube, A.E. 1858 (pub. 1859). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere Indiam Occidentalem et Americam Centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Oersted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kroyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis, [part 3], 105-120. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 3: 105-120., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800298
page(s): 108-109 [no figures]; note: Grube used his own spelling of the genus as Siphonostomum Otto, rather than the original Siphonostoma [details]
page(s): 108-109 [no figures]; note: Grube used his own spelling of the genus as Siphonostomum Otto, rather than the original Siphonostoma [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, West Indies
Type locality Caribbean Sea, West Indies [details]
Etymology Not stated. The species was collected at St Croix, so most likely 'cariboum' is an attempt to derive a name from Carib,...
Etymology Not stated. The species was collected at St Croix, so most likely 'cariboum' is an attempt to derive a name from Carib, after one of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Carib has been latinized in epithets as a genitive noun as caribaeae or caribae, and as an adjective as caribaeus, for which the neuter would be caribaeum. It seems safest to treat 'cariboum' as an indeclinable made-up word unique to Grube. No other uses of that spelling are known. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Siphonostoma cariboum Grube, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336807 on 2026-07-26
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Nomenclature
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(of Siphonostomum cariboum Grube, 1859) Grube, A.E. 1858 (pub. 1859). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere Indiam Occidentalem et Americam Centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Oersted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kroyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis, [part 3], 105-120. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 3: 105-120., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800298
page(s): 108-109 [no figures]; note: Grube used his own spelling of the genus as Siphonostomum Otto, rather than the original Siphonostoma [details]
new combination reference 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): 444; note: corrects the genus spelling from 'Siphonostomum' to 'Siphonostoma' [details]
page(s): 108-109 [no figures]; note: Grube used his own spelling of the genus as Siphonostomum Otto, rather than the original Siphonostoma [details]
new combination reference 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): 444; note: corrects the genus spelling from 'Siphonostomum' to 'Siphonostoma' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 397; note: refers Siphonostomum cariboum to Semiodera as type species, but does not explicitly state a new combination [details]
page(s): 397; note: refers Siphonostomum cariboum to Semiodera as type species, but does not explicitly state a new combination [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. The species was collected at St Croix, so most likely 'cariboum' is an attempt to derive a name from Carib, after one of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Carib has been latinized in epithets as a genitive noun as caribaeae or caribae, and as an adjective as caribaeus, for which the neuter would be caribaeum. It seems safest to treat 'cariboum' as an indeclinable made-up word unique to Grube. No other uses of that spelling are known. [details]Spelling Grube used problem spellings both for the genus and the species name. 'Siphonostomum' should have been Siphonostoma and 'cariboum' appears to be a word construction unique to Grube. Salazar-Vallejo (2012) changed the spelling of cariboum to 'caribea' which he said was "the correct noun in the genitive case". However, nouns which might be considered incorrect original latinizations are not corrected. If, instead 'cariboum' was considered to be a neuter adjective, there might be an argument for gender agreement correction. Probably Hartman's (1961: 122) Semiodera cariboa usage is an example of this (Semiodera is feminine) [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Caribbean Sea, West Indies [details]
