Deep-Sea name details
Hermione Blainville, 1828
182819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182819)
unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by Hermonia, subjective synonym to Laetmonice)
Genus
- Species Hermione hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 457 [details]
page(s): 457 [details]
Etymology Female given name, in Greek mythology the daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes
Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia...
Etymology Female given name, in Greek mythology the daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes [details]
Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia...
Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia Hartman (1959) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hermione Blainville, 1828. 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=182819 on 2026-01-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hermione Blainville, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182819 on 2026-01-10
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Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 457 [details]
additional source Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 16-17 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian Hope. (1966). <i>Heteraphrodita altoni</i>, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditidae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revision of the Aphroditid genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 79: 95-107., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562769
page(s): 97; note: nomenclatural history given [details] Available for editors
page(s): 457 [details]
additional source Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 16-17 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian Hope. (1966). <i>Heteraphrodita altoni</i>, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditidae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revision of the Aphroditid genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 79: 95-107., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562769
page(s): 97; note: nomenclatural history given [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Female given name, in Greek mythology the daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes [details]Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia Hartman (1959) [details]
