WoRMS taxon details

Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1822)

131499  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131499)

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Species
Loimia variegata (Grube, 1869) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Terebella medusa Savigny, 1822 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Terebella variegata Grube, 1869 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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(of Terebella medusa Savigny, 1822) Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 85-86, plate I fig. 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Suez  
type locality contained in Gulf of Suez [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution distribution: Pacific Ocean, California, Japan, Indo-China, Persian Gulf, red Sea, Atlantic ocean(Fauvel,1953); tropical...  
Distribution distribution: Pacific Ocean, California, Japan, Indo-China, Persian Gulf, red Sea, Atlantic ocean(Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras  
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131499 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-03-25 08:16:00Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2010-09-01 23:41:23Z
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2017-09-18 14:59:56Z
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original description  (of Terebella medusa Savigny, 1822) Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 85-86, plate I fig. 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Terebella variegata Grube, 1869) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1870 [volume for 1869 year]). Beschreibungen neuer oder weniger bekannter von Hrn. Ehrenberg gesammelter Anneliden des rothen Meeres. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1869.</em> 484-521., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276705
page(s): 510 [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Fong, C. W. (1998). Some aspects of the ecology of the seagrass Zostera japonica in Hong Kong. <em>MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em>  [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Pocklington, P. (2007). Polychaetes in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo Collection: Phase II. A Curatorial Report (unpublished), 11 [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: Checklist listing [details]   

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]   

additional source Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Terebellidae Grube, 1851. pages 231-294. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 258 [details]   

additional source Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946 [details]   

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]   

additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1995). Description of the widely reported terebellid polychaetes <i>Loimia medusa</i> (Savigny) and <i>Amphitrite rubra</i> (Risso). In: Keyser, Dietmar; Whatley, Robin C. (Eds.). Zur Zoogeographie und Systematik insbesondere der Polychaeten und Ostracoden: zu ehren von Dr. habil. Gesa Hartmann-Schröder und Prof. Dr. h. c. Gerhard Hartmann. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 92, Ergänzungsband [= Supplement]: 149-154.
page(s): 149-151, fig. 1a-c [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 380, plate XXV fig. 80C [details]   

biology source Seitz, R. D. and Schaffer, L. C. 1995. Population ecology and secondary production of the polychaete Loimia medusa (Terebellidae). Marine Biology 121: 701-711.
note: study site was York River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Neotype Hutchings & Glasby could not find a type and erected a neotype (LACM-AHF Poly 1656) collected from the Upper Persian Gulf. This is not from the known type locality of the Red Sea. [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkey (Nation) : Shipping [details]

From other sources
Distribution distribution: Pacific Ocean, California, Japan, Indo-China, Persian Gulf, red Sea, Atlantic ocean(Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
LanguageName 
English spaghetti wormmedusa worm  [details]
German Spaghetti-WurmMedusenwurm  [details]