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Polychaeta name details

Axiothea Malmgren, 1865

155367  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155367)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Scolecida (Infraclass)
  7. Maldanidae (Family)
  8. Euclymeninae (Subfamily)
  9. Axiothea (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced junior homonym)
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  1. Species Axiothea campanulata Moore, 1903 accepted as Maldanella harai (Izuka, 1902) (subjective synonym)
  2. Species Axiothea catenata Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Axiothella catenata (Malmgren, 1865) (superseded original combination)
  3. Species Axiothea catenula Verrill, 1874 accepted as Axiothella catenata (Malmgren, 1865)
  4. Species Axiothea cirrifera Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Axiothella cirrifera (Langerhans, 1880) (superseded original combination)
  5. Species Axiothea constricta Claparède, 1868 accepted as Axiothella constricta (Claparède, 1868) (superseded original combination)
  6. Species Axiothea lyrocephala (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Isocirrus lyrocephalus (Schmarda, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
  7. Species Axiothea mucosa Andrews, 1891 accepted as Clymenella mucosa (Andrews, 1891) (superseded original combination)
  8. Species Axiothea obockensis Gravier, 1905 accepted as Axiothella obockensis (Gravier, 1905) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 190 [details] 
Etymology Malmgren does not state a derivation. However, Axiothea is a female given name of classical Greece. Axiothea...  
Etymology Malmgren does not state a derivation. However, Axiothea is a female given name of classical Greece. Axiothea (Ἀξιοθέα) of Phlius c. 350 BCE) was a female student of Plato. Genus Axiothella is presumed to be modified from Axiothea [details]

Homonymy Replaced homonym. Axiothea Malmgren, 1866 is junior homonym to Axiothea Pascoe 1864 [Insecta], and replaced by Axiothella...  
Homonymy Replaced homonym. Axiothea Malmgren, 1866 is junior homonym to Axiothea Pascoe 1864 [Insecta], and replaced by Axiothella Verrill, 1900. Chamberlin (1919:410) suggested that "Axiothea Malmgren, being preoccupied (Pascoe, 1864), gives way to Paraxiothea Webster (1879), of which Clymenella and Axiothella of Verrill are also synonyms." However, the Paraxiothea type, Paraxiothea latens Webster, 1879, is a Clymenella, and not related to Axiothea/Axiothella.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Axiothea Malmgren, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155367 on 2026-01-21
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2005-04-26 14:14:28Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2013-05-02 23:30:13Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2022-04-15 16:59:30Z
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Gil, João

original description Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 190 [details] 

basis of record 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] 

source of synonymy 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] 
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Diagnosis Translated from Latin of Malmgren, 1866: Body subcylindrical, with 24 segments, of which 18 are setigerous and 4 are bare ante-anal. Cephalic lobe, with the first segment bare, completely coalesced, inclined, limbate, ending anteriorly in a short process. Upper setae capillary: some longer, smooth-limbed, others shorter and more pointed, very subtly feathered towards the apex on both sides. Lower setae uniserial, numerous in all setigerous segments, in the 3 anterior ones however fewer than in the following ones, apex of the beak 4-toothed, sometimes provided with a 5th smallest tooth obsolete or evanıda, under the beak a bundle of upward-curving capillaries. Last segment infundibuliform [funnel-shaped], margin ciliated. Terminal anus at the bottom of the infundibulum [funnel] [details]

Etymology Malmgren does not state a derivation. However, Axiothea is a female given name of classical Greece. Axiothea (Ἀξιοθέα) of Phlius c. 350 BCE) was a female student of Plato. Genus Axiothella is presumed to be modified from Axiothea [details]

Homonymy Replaced homonym. Axiothea Malmgren, 1866 is junior homonym to Axiothea Pascoe 1864 [Insecta], and replaced by Axiothella Verrill, 1900. Chamberlin (1919:410) suggested that "Axiothea Malmgren, being preoccupied (Pascoe, 1864), gives way to Paraxiothea Webster (1879), of which Clymenella and Axiothella of Verrill are also synonyms." However, the Paraxiothea type, Paraxiothea latens Webster, 1879, is a Clymenella, and not related to Axiothea/Axiothella.  [details]
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