World Polychaeta Database - Hermellidae Malmgren, 1867

Polychaeta name details

Hermellidae Malmgren, 1867

AphiaID

765080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765080)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (based on a genus treated as a synonym of Sabellaria by Malmgren)

Accepted Name

Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Hermella Savigny, 1822 accepted as Sabellaria Lamarck, 1818 (type by original designation)

Parent

Canalipalpata

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 102 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Malmgren used Hermellidae (apparently a modification of Hermellacea Grube), but used Sabellaria as the valid genus, with...

Taxonomy Malmgren used Hermellidae (apparently a modification of Hermellacea Grube), but used Sabellaria as the valid genus, with Hermella as a synonym. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Hermellidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765080 on 2023-03-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-06-09 22:48:21Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2020-01-30 21:03:35Z

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Notes (2)

original description Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 102 [details]

taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111
page(s): 2 [details]

From editor or global species database

Authority While Malmgren is credited with authorship, much earlier Quatrefages (1848:50) had used the informal 'Hermelliens' as "Sur la famille des Hermelliens (Hermellea) [sic]", and that there was a family named for the genus Hermella was likely widely agreed amongst taxonomists for some time before Malmgren (1867). [details]

Taxonomy Malmgren used Hermellidae (apparently a modification of Hermellacea Grube), but used Sabellaria as the valid genus, with Hermella as a synonym. [details]