Deep-Sea taxon details
Thormora Baird, 1865
206602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206602)
accepted
Genus
Lepidonotus (Thormora) (Baird, 1865) · unaccepted (superseded re-ranking)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 199 [details]
page(s): 199 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Thormora Baird, 1865. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206602 on 2024-04-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thormora Baird, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206602 on 2024-04-20
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Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Baird 1865: "Bases of antennae produced from the anterior margin of the cephalic lobe ; elytra 12 pairs, not covering the middle of the back, and leaving the posterior segments of the body naked ; setae of dorsal branch of feet of two kinds ; body elongated." Baird explains that Thormora is similar to Lepidonotus but distinct because the elytra decrease in size posteriorly, and there are two types of notochaetae. These are weak distinctions, but subsequent authors have maintained the genus. [details]
