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Polychaeta taxon details

Endomyzostoma deformator (Graff, 1884)

1887759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1887759)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Myzostoma deformator Graff, 1884) Graff, Ludwig von. (1884). Report on the Myzostomida collected during the voyage of H.M.Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 10 (part 27): 1-82, pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49395731
page(s): 64, plate 12, figures 1-9; note: On Pentacrinus alternicirrus, P. H. C., south-east of the Philippine Isles from Station 214 of the Challenger Expedition [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Endomyzostoma deformator (Graff, 1884). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1887759 on 2026-08-27
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original description (of Myzostoma deformator Graff, 1884) Graff, Ludwig von. (1884). Report on the Myzostomida collected during the voyage of H.M.Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 10 (part 27): 1-82, pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49395731
page(s): 64, plate 12, figures 1-9; note: On Pentacrinus alternicirrus, P. H. C., south-east of the Philippine Isles from Station 214 of the Challenger Expedition [details] 

additional source Summers, Mindi M.; Al-Hakim, Iin Inayat.; Rouse, Greg W. (2014). Turbo-taxonomy: 21 new species of Myzostomida (Annelida). Zootaxa. 3873(4): 301-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.1
note: used as valid in Table 1, etc [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source Grygier, Mark. (2000). Class Myzostomida. <em>[Book].</em> p. 297-329 In: Beesley, P.L.; Ross, G.B.; Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/science/abrs/publications/fauna-of-australia/fauna-4a
note: Grygier's (2000) summary of the group includes Myzostoma deformator in genus Endomyzostoma, but he does not state who originally recombined it into Endomyzostoma [details] 
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New combination Grygier's (2000) summary of the group includes Myzostoma deformator in genus Endomyzostoma, but he does not state who originally recombined it into Endomyzostoma [details]