Deep-Sea taxon details
Hipponoe gaudichaudi Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1830
129832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129832)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. 1830. Description de l'Hipponoé, nouveau genre d'Annélides. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. série 1, 20: 156-159, Plate 3., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57253336/f157.image.r=Annales%20des%20sciences%20naturelles.langEN
page(s): 159 [details]
page(s): 159 [details]
Note Port Jackson, Australia [Sydney...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Port Jackson, Australia [Sydney Harbour] [details]
Type material According to Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1830: 156-157) the type was deposited in the collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN): ''L'étude des Annelides [...] et l'examen que nous avons fait de toutes celles qui ont été réunies depuis plusieurs années par divers voyageurs, et que l'on conserve dans les riches collections du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, nous ont offert plusiers types d'organisation assez nouveaux et assez curieux [...]. De ce nombre est le genre que nous établissons sous le nom d'Hipponoé.'' However, Solis-Weiss et al. (2004) were not able to find this type. [details]
Etymology Species dedicated to M. Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (b. Angoulême, France, September 4, 1789 - d. Paris, France, January...
Etymology Species dedicated to M. Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (b. Angoulême, France, September 4, 1789 - d. Paris, France, January 16, 1854), a French botanist who collected the type specimen at Port Jackson, Australia [Sydney Harbour], during the circumglobal 1817-1820 expedition commanded by Louis de Freycinet. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hipponoe gaudichaudi Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1830. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129832 on 2026-04-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hipponoe gaudichaudi Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129832 on 2026-04-28
original description
Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. 1830. Description de l'Hipponoé, nouveau genre d'Annélides. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. série 1, 20: 156-159, Plate 3., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57253336/f157.image.r=Annales%20des%20sciences%20naturelles.langEN
page(s): 159 [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 30-33, PL I. fig. 5; PL IV. fig. 3; PL IIIa. figs. 13-17; note: description and figures from two instances of specimens from floating objects north of Bermuda, and in the North Pacific. McIntosh uses Hipponoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
taxonomy source Augener, Hermann. (1910). Bemerkungen über einige Polychaeten von Roscoff, über zwei neue Polynoiden des Berliner Museum und über die Brutpflege von <i>Hipponoë gandichandi</i> [sic] Aud. & M.-Edw. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig.</em> 36(10/11, 12/13): 232-239, 241-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9737057 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Amoureux, Louis. (1986). Annélides Polychètes abyssaux de la campagne Abyplaine au large de Madère. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (series 4) 8(3): 591-615., available online at http://bionames.org/references/b670c5325a66cb9bb995f6212415412c [details] Available for editors
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) [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 Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 39-40 [details]
additional source Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 410; note: spelled gaudichaudii [details]
additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1960). Estudios anelidológicos. XXIV. Adiciones a la fauna de anélidos poliquetos de las costas orientales de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 31(1/2): 289-316., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/1159/1303
page(s): 289-291, figs. 1-3; note: Rioja uses Hipponoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details] Available for editors
redescription Kudenov, Jerry D. (1994). Redescription of <i>Hipponoa gaudichaudi</i> [sic, for Hipponoe] Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1830 (Polychaeta, Amphinomidae). <i>In</i>: J.-C. Dauvin, L. Laubier & D.J. Reish (Eds). Actes de la 4ème Conférence internationale des Polychètes. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 162: 199-207.
page(s): 199 [as Hipponoa] [details]
page(s): 159 [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 30-33, PL I. fig. 5; PL IV. fig. 3; PL IIIa. figs. 13-17; note: description and figures from two instances of specimens from floating objects north of Bermuda, and in the North Pacific. McIntosh uses Hipponoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
taxonomy source Augener, Hermann. (1910). Bemerkungen über einige Polychaeten von Roscoff, über zwei neue Polynoiden des Berliner Museum und über die Brutpflege von <i>Hipponoë gandichandi</i> [sic] Aud. & M.-Edw. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig.</em> 36(10/11, 12/13): 232-239, 241-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9737057 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Amoureux, Louis. (1986). Annélides Polychètes abyssaux de la campagne Abyplaine au large de Madère. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (series 4) 8(3): 591-615., available online at http://bionames.org/references/b670c5325a66cb9bb995f6212415412c [details] Available for editors
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) [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 Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 39-40 [details]
additional source Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 410; note: spelled gaudichaudii [details]
additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1960). Estudios anelidológicos. XXIV. Adiciones a la fauna de anélidos poliquetos de las costas orientales de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 31(1/2): 289-316., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/1159/1303
page(s): 289-291, figs. 1-3; note: Rioja uses Hipponoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details] Available for editors
redescription Kudenov, Jerry D. (1994). Redescription of <i>Hipponoa gaudichaudi</i> [sic, for Hipponoe] Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1830 (Polychaeta, Amphinomidae). <i>In</i>: J.-C. Dauvin, L. Laubier & D.J. Reish (Eds). Actes de la 4ème Conférence internationale des Polychètes. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 162: 199-207.
page(s): 199 [as Hipponoa] [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Species dedicated to M. Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (b. Angoulême, France, September 4, 1789 - d. Paris, France, January 16, 1854), a French botanist who collected the type specimen at Port Jackson, Australia [Sydney Harbour], during the circumglobal 1817-1820 expedition commanded by Louis de Freycinet. [details]Type locality Port Jackson, Australia [Sydney Harbour] [details]
Type material According to Audouin & Milne-Edwards (1830: 156-157) the type was deposited in the collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN): ''L'étude des Annelides [...] et l'examen que nous avons fait de toutes celles qui ont été réunies depuis plusieurs années par divers voyageurs, et que l'on conserve dans les riches collections du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, nous ont offert plusiers types d'organisation assez nouveaux et assez curieux [...]. De ce nombre est le genre que nous établissons sous le nom d'Hipponoé.'' However, Solis-Weiss et al. (2004) were not able to find this type. [details]
