WoRMS taxon details
Echinofabricia Huang, Fitzhugh & Rouse, 2011
598405 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598405)
accepted
Genus
Echinofabricia goodhartzorum Huang, Fitzhugh & Rouse, 2011 (type by original designation)
marine
recent only
feminine
Huang, Danwei; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Rouse, Greg W. (2011). Inference of phylogenetic relationships within Fabriciidae (Sabellida, Annelida) using molecular and morphological data. <em>Cladistics.</em> 27(4): 356-379., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00343.x
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Etymology The authors state: The name refers to the emergent spicules("echino"} in a fabriciid ("fabricia"); gender masculine." ...
Etymology The authors state: The name refers to the emergent spicules("echino"} in a fabriciid ("fabricia"); gender masculine." However, the genus gender must be feminine as Fabricia is feminine. These authors also did not adjust to masculine the prior feminine names of 'alata' and 'dubia' of Hartmann-Schröder that they recombined [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Echinofabricia Huang, Fitzhugh & Rouse, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598405 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Huang, Danwei; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Rouse, Greg W. (2011). Inference of phylogenetic relationships within Fabriciidae (Sabellida, Annelida) using molecular and morphological data. <em>Cladistics.</em> 27(4): 356-379., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00343.x
page(s): 363 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 363 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Bick, Andreas; Bastrop, Ralf. (2025). Revision of the genus Manayunkia Leidy, 1859, and establishment of two subfamilies within Fabriciidae (Annelida, Sabellida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5661(1): 1-58., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5661.1.1
page(s): 7 of 58; note: Echinofabricia is transferred into a new subfamily, Manayunkiinae [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 7 of 58; note: Echinofabricia is transferred into a new subfamily, Manayunkiinae [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Giangrande, Adriana; Licciano, Margherita; Castelli, Alberto. (2013). The genus <i>Echinofabricia</i> (Annelida: Fabriciidae) in the Mediterranean Sea with the description of <i>E. rousei</i> sp. nov. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 93(07): 1773-1776., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413000386 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis recognizable for the presence of four abdominal chaetigers, epidermal emergent spicules on the epithelium surface, and peristomial spermathecae in females. [details]Etymology The authors state: The name refers to the emergent spicules("echino"} in a fabriciid ("fabricia"); gender masculine." However, the genus gender must be feminine as Fabricia is feminine. These authors also did not adjust to masculine the prior feminine names of 'alata' and 'dubia' of Hartmann-Schröder that they recombined [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine. "Fabricia" names are by long usage feminine although Huang et al mistakenly claim their genus is masculine. [details]
