WoRMS name details
Hypsicomus purpureus Treadwell, 1924
337858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337858)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1924). Polychaetous annelids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>University of Iowa Studies in Natural History.</em> 10(4): 3-23, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15291771
page(s): 20-21, plate II figs. 30-33 [details]
page(s): 20-21, plate II figs. 30-33 [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, Antigua
Unreviewed
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Antigua [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Hypsicomus purpureus Treadwell, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337858 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1924). Polychaetous annelids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>University of Iowa Studies in Natural History.</em> 10(4): 3-23, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15291771
page(s): 20-21, plate II figs. 30-33 [details]
page(s): 20-21, plate II figs. 30-33 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1942). The identity of some marine annelid worms in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 92(3142): 101-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15766789
page(s): 133; note: synonymy to Hypsicomus circumspiciens Ehlers [details] Available for editors
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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.
note: listing as synonym of Hypsicomus torquatus (Grube, 1877) [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Perkins, Thomas H. (1984). Revision of <i>Demonax</i> Kinberg, <i>Hypsicomus</i> Grube, and <i>Notaulax</i> Tauber, with a review of <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(2): 285-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553607
page(s): 339; note: synonymy to Notaulax occidentalis (Baird) [details]
page(s): 133; note: synonymy to Hypsicomus circumspiciens Ehlers [details] Available for editors
[request]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.
note: listing as synonym of Hypsicomus torquatus (Grube, 1877) [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Perkins, Thomas H. (1984). Revision of <i>Demonax</i> Kinberg, <i>Hypsicomus</i> Grube, and <i>Notaulax</i> Tauber, with a review of <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(2): 285-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553607
page(s): 339; note: synonymy to Notaulax occidentalis (Baird) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
