WoRMS taxon details
Endovermis Jimi, Kimura, Ogawa & Kajihara, 2020
1460563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1460563)
accepted
Genus
Endovermis seisuiae Jimi, Kimura, Ogawa & Kajihara, 2020 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Jimi, Naoto; Kimura, Taeko; Ogawa, Akito; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2020). Alien worm in worm: a new genus of endoparasitic polychaete (Phyllodocidae, Annelida) from scale worms (Aphroditidae and Polynoidae, Annelida). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 19(1): 13-21., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2020.1785038
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Etymology authors: Endovermis "derives from the Latin endo (inside) plus vermis (a worm), referring to the parasitic nature."...
Etymology authors: Endovermis "derives from the Latin endo (inside) plus vermis (a worm), referring to the parasitic nature." Endovermis is masculine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Endovermis Jimi, Kimura, Ogawa & Kajihara, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460563 on 2024-03-29
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original description
Jimi, Naoto; Kimura, Taeko; Ogawa, Akito; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2020). Alien worm in worm: a new genus of endoparasitic polychaete (Phyllodocidae, Annelida) from scale worms (Aphroditidae and Polynoidae, Annelida). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 19(1): 13-21., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2020.1785038
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page(s): 5 of 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Classification Molecular data places Endovermis in the clade formed by Paranaitis and Eteone with high support values. The authors did not use the subfamilies of Pleijel (1991). The subfamilies are not supported by molecular data (see Eklof et al (2007) [details]Etymology authors: Endovermis "derives from the Latin endo (inside) plus vermis (a worm), referring to the parasitic nature." Endovermis is masculine. [details]
Grammatical gender Endovermis is masculine. [details]
Habitat Found as an internal parasite in Aphrodita and Lepidonotus scaleworms. Authors: "Endovermis is the first representative of endoparasites among the family Phyllodocidae" [details]