WoRMS taxon details
Neovermilia sphaeropomata (Benham, 1927)
369252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369252)
accepted
Species
Vermilia sphaeropomatus Benham, 1927 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Vermiliopsis sphaeropomatus (Benham, 1927) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Vermilia sphaeropomatus Benham, 1927) Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 147, plate 4, figures 142-146; note: stations 90 and 96, off 3 Kings Islands and North Cape, North Island respectively [details]
page(s): 147, plate 4, figures 142-146; note: stations 90 and 96, off 3 Kings Islands and North Cape, North Island respectively [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Neovermilia sphaeropomata (Benham, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369252 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vermilia sphaeropomatus Benham, 1927) Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 147, plate 4, figures 142-146; note: stations 90 and 96, off 3 Kings Islands and North Cape, North Island respectively [details]
page(s): 147, plate 4, figures 142-146; note: stations 90 and 96, off 3 Kings Islands and North Cape, North Island respectively [details]
Other
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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
Spelling All the various Serpulidae genera ending in -vermilia are feminine. Thus 'sphaeropomata' is mandatory for gender agreement of the specific name. The original combination in Vermilia should have been Vermilia sphaeropomata. [details]
