WoRMS name details
Pomatoceros elaphus Haswell, 1884
338042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338042)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haswell, William Aitcheson. (1884). The marine annelides of the order <i>Serpulea</i>. Some observations on their anatomy, with the characteristics of the Australian species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9(3): 649-675, plates 31-35., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602691
page(s): 663-665, plate 31 fig. 7 plate 32 figs. 9-10 [details]
page(s): 663-665, plate 31 fig. 7 plate 32 figs. 9-10 [details]
Note Australia, Port Jackson, New South Wales
Type locality Australia, Port Jackson, New South Wales [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pomatoceros elaphus Haswell, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338042 on 2026-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Haswell, William Aitcheson. (1884). The marine annelides of the order <i>Serpulea</i>. Some observations on their anatomy, with the characteristics of the Australian species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9(3): 649-675, plates 31-35., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602691
page(s): 663-665, plate 31 fig. 7 plate 32 figs. 9-10 [details]
page(s): 663-665, plate 31 fig. 7 plate 32 figs. 9-10 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 32: 1-57, plates I-V., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506140
page(s): 3 [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. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 3 [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. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Haswell (1884) tentatively included Pomatoceros tetraceros as synonym of his new name, P. elaphus. This is not possible as P. tetraceros is senior, and therefore Haswell's name is a synonym of P. tetraceros, now in Spirobranchus. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Australia, Port Jackson, New South Wales [details]
