WoRMS taxon details
Pherecardites Horst, 1912
325969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325969)
accepted
Genus
Pherecardites parva Horst, 1912 (type by monotypy)
Branchamphinome Hartman, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Species Pherecardites antarctica (Hartman, 1967)
- Species Pherecardites islandica (Detinova, 1986)
- Species Pherecardites kohtsukai (Jimi in Jimi, Hookabe, Tani, Yoshida & Imura, 2021)
- Species Pherecardites parva Horst, 1912
- Species Pherecardites quinquemaculata Augener, 1927
- Species Pherecardites tropicalis (Barroso, Ranauro & Kudenov, 2017)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Horst, Rutgerus. (1912). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 1, Amphinomidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24a: 1-43, 10 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2187401
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus is formed by the postposition of the suffix of Greek origin -ites, used to form adjectives,...
Etymology The name of the genus is formed by the postposition of the suffix of Greek origin -ites, used to form adjectives, especially those to identify groups as 'those belonging to', to the name of the genus Pherecardia Horst, 1886, and seems to be used to indicate the resemblance of the new genus Pherecardites with Pherecardia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pherecardites Horst, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325969 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Horst, Rutgerus. (1912). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 1, Amphinomidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24a: 1-43, 10 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2187401
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Branchamphinome Hartman, 1967) Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Branchamphinome Hartman, 1967) Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
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Classification Pherecardites genus was suspected by Amphinomidae specialists to be a junior synonym of Pherecardia, as the specimens recorded by Horst might be juveniles. If recombined in Pherecardia then Horst's species would be senior to Monro's 'parva' species. However, the relevant types of Pherecardites parva were re-examined and commented on by Bleeker et al (2023) when they synonymized Branchamphinome with Pherecardites, and they maintained Pherecardites as valid. Earlier molecular data in Jimi et al 2021 had shown that a Branchiamphinome species from Japanese waters was separate from but close to a Pherecardia species [earlier comment pre re-examination of Pherecardites type species subsequently updated August 2023 by G. Read] [details]Diagnosis "Body elongate. Caruncle consisting of a median axis and some lateral lamellae, directed backward. Eyes dubious. Branchiae ramified, commencing on the first segment. Ventral bristles partly bifurcated; dorsal ones harpoon-shaped, with serrations having the shape of an Y. This genus is intermediate between Hermodice and Pherecardia, its ventral bristles resembling those of Hermodice, the dorsal ones those of Pherecardia" (Horst, 1912: 33).
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Editor's comment Bleeker et al (2023: 437) commented on whether Pherecardites can be valid under ICZN Article 20, as uses of -ites as a suffix are common for fossils similar to extant genera. They concluded it was valid. However, discussion of Article 20 (Genus-group names ending in -ites, -ytes, or -ithes given to fossils) is not needed as fossils are not involved here. The article is irrelevant. [details]
Etymology The name of the genus is formed by the postposition of the suffix of Greek origin -ites, used to form adjectives, especially those to identify groups as 'those belonging to', to the name of the genus Pherecardia Horst, 1886, and seems to be used to indicate the resemblance of the new genus Pherecardites with Pherecardia. [details]
Grammatical gender Pherecardites would be a masculine genus under the primary clause of ICZN Article 30.1.4.4 (regarding an -ites etc suffix), but because Horst used a feminine suffix for the type species the secondary clause of 30.1.4.4 applies and the name must be treated as feminine, Bleeker et al (2023) confirm this. [details]
