BeRMS name details

Ephesia Rathke, 1843

155011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155011)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Annelida
  4. Polychaeta
  5. Errantia
  6. Phyllodocida
  7. Phyllodocida incertae sedis
  8. Sphaerodoridae
  9. Ephesia
 unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by synonym; preoccupied by Hübner, 1818 [Lepidoptera])
Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
Genus
Ephesia gracilis Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (type by monotypy)
Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867

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  1. Species Ephesia gracilis Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 174-176 [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ephesia Rathke, 1843. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155011 on 2026-07-26
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Ephesia Rathke, 1843. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155011 on 2026-07-26
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2005-04-22 07:56:35Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2014-04-23 21:59:12Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2018-12-19 03:37:51Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2025-10-23 17:23:50Z
changed
Gil, João

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original description Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 174-176 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

status source Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241
page(s): 258 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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