World Polychaeta Database - Podarke Ehlers, 1864

Polychaeta name details

Podarke Ehlers, 1864

AphiaID

129318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129318)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Oxydromus Grube, 1855

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Podarke albocincta Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Oxydromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Ophiodromini Pleijel, 1998

Original name

Podarke Ehlers, 1864

Direct children (17)

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Species Podarke aberrans Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Microphthalmus aberrans (Webster & Benedict, 1887) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke agilis Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Oxydromus agilis (Ehlers, 1864) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke albocincta Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Oxydromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (subjective synonym)
Species Podarke angolaensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 accepted as Oxydromus angolaensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1974) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke angustifrons (Grube, 1878) accepted as Oxydromus angustifrons (Grube, 1878) (superseded combination)
Species Podarke caeca Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865 (subjective synonym)
Species Podarke comata Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Ophiodromus comatus (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke furcata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Oxydromus furcatus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke golikovi Averincev, 1990 accepted as Gyptis golikovi (Averincev, 1990) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke guanica Hoagland, 1919 accepted as Oxydromus guanicus (Hoagland, 1919) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke luteola Webster, 1879 accepted as Parahesione luteola (Webster, 1879) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke microantennata Hutchings & Murray, 1984 accepted as Oxydromus microantennatus (Hutchings & Murray, 1984) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke minuta Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 accepted as Oxydromus minutus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873 accepted as Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke pallida (Claparède, 1864) accepted as Oxydromus pallidus Claparède, 1864 (superseded combination)
Species Podarke pugettensis Johnson, 1901 accepted as Oxydromus pugettensis (Johnson, 1901) (superseded original combination)
Species Podarke viridescens Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Oxydromus viridescens (Ehlers, 1864) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 190 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Podarke Ehlers, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129318 on 2026-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bellan, Gérard

2005-04-11 09:30:41Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2013-10-29 22:48:04Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2025-11-27 03:10:31Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 190 [details]

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]

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

status source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). Zoologica Scripta. 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x
page(s): 139 [details] Available for editors

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Grammatical gender Ehlers states that Podarke was derived from the "Name einer Danaide". In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes, also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. Thus danaid Podarke was a female and the genus is feminine. Conforming to this the several adjectival species-group names originally within Podarke all have feminine suffixes. [details]

Synonymy Podarke Ehlers, 1864 was synonymised with Ophiodromus Sars, 1862, but Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 is now a subjective synonym of Oxydromus Grube, 1855 as is Podarke [details]

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