Marine Species Traits - Nicidion Kinberg, 1865

WoRMS taxon details

Nicidion Kinberg, 1865

AphiaID

325928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325928)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Nicidion cincta Kinberg, 1865 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Eunicidae Berthold, 1827

Original name

Nicidion Kinberg, 1865

Synonymised names

Nicidon [auctt.] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Species Nicidion amoureuxi (Rullier, 1974)
Species Nicidion angeli (Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998)
Species Nicidion cariboea (Grube, 1856)
Species Nicidion cincta Kinberg, 1865
Species Nicidion fuscafasciata Treadwell, 1922
Species Nicidion hentscheli (Augener, 1931)
Species Nicidion insularis (Nogueira, Steiner & Amaral, 2001)
Species Nicidion longula (Ehlers, 1887)
Species Nicidion megabalanicola Hsueh & Li, 2014
Species Nicidion mikeli (Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998)
Species Nicidion mutilata (Webster, 1884)
Species Nicidion notata (Treadwell, 1921)
Species Nicidion obtusa (Verrill, 1900)
Species Nicidion parvipes (Benham, 1927)
Species Nicidion posterobranchia (Day, 1962)
Species Nicidion proppi (Averincev, 1972)
Species Nicidion samoae (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
Species Nicidion saxicola (Langerhans, 1881)
Species Nicidion brevis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Eunice brevis (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
Species Nicidion edentulum Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) (superseded original combination)
Species Nicidion gallapagensis Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) (subjective synonym)
Species Nicidion gracilis Crossland, 1904 accepted as Eunice wasinensis Fauchald, 1992 (New name)
Species Nicidion imogena Monro, 1924 accepted as Eunice imogena (Monro, 1924) (superseded original combination)
Species Nicidion incerta Hansen, 1882 accepted as Eunice cariboea Grube, 1856 accepted as Nicidion cariboea (Grube, 1856) (subjective synonym)
Species Nicidion kinbergi Webster, 1884 accepted as Eunice goodei Fauchald, 1992 (New name)
Species Nicidion leucodon Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Palola leucodon (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Nicidion longicirrata Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Eunice longicirrata (Kinberg, 1865)
Species Nicidion posteriobranchia [auctt. misspelling as 'io' for posterobranchia] accepted as Nicidion posterobranchia (Day, 1962) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 564 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Erected by Kinberg for abranchiate Eunice [fide Fauchald, 1992:28]. Erected for three new species, N. longicirrata...

Taxonomy Erected by Kinberg for abranchiate Eunice [fide Fauchald, 1992:28]. Erected for three new species, N. longicirrata (Honolulu), N. gallapagensis (Galapagos), N. cincta (Pacific Ocean unspecified) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicidion Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325928 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-02-13 21:29:17Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2013-07-18 14:17:12Z

changed

Zanol, Joana

2013-09-23 20:43:39Z

changed

Zanol, Joana

2020-09-21 22:15:51Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2023-02-04 22:10:21Z

changed

Gil, João

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 564 [details]

original description (of Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 99 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Zanol, J.; Halanych, K. M.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the bristleworm family Eunicidae (polychaete, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta. 43(1), 79-100., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12034/abstract [details]

status source Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523
page(s): 28 [details]

Other

subsequent type designation Zanol, J.; Halanych, K. M.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the bristleworm family Eunicidae (polychaete, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta. 43(1), 79-100., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12034/abstract
page(s): 95 [details]

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