WoRMS name details
Halosydna galapagensis Monro, 1928
337636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337636)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Halosydna galapaginas [database misspelling] · unaccepted (misspelling of intended H. galapagensis)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, C. C. A. (1928). Polychaeta of the Families Polynoidae and Acœtidae from the Vicinity of the Panama Canal, collected by Dr. C. Crossland and Dr. Th. Mortensen. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 36(248): 553-576., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1928.tb02209.x
page(s): 565-566, figures 12, 13 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 565-566, figures 12, 13 [details] Available for editors
Note Pacific Ocean, Albemarle Island, Galapagos Islands
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Albemarle Island, Galapagos Islands [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Halosydna galapagensis Monro, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337636 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Monro, C. C. A. (1928). Polychaeta of the Families Polynoidae and Acœtidae from the Vicinity of the Panama Canal, collected by Dr. C. Crossland and Dr. Th. Mortensen. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 36(248): 553-576., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1928.tb02209.x
page(s): 565-566, figures 12, 13 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 565-566, figures 12, 13 [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964
page(s): 111; note: moves species to genus Halosydnella [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 111; note: moves species to genus Halosydnella [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Albemarle Island, Galapagos Islands [details]