WoRMS name details
original description
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515 page(s): 256 [details]
source of synonymy
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv page(s): 385; note: replaced by 'Dindymenides' to avoid homonymy [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. in Ancient Phrygian mythology Dindymene was one of the names of Cybele, mother of gods. Temples to Dindymene were built (to mater Dindymene). Therefore Dindymene genus is feminine [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine as named after mater Dindymene, mother of gods (Phrygian mythology) [details]
Homonymy Dindymene Kinberg 1866 is a junior homonym to the trilobite Dindymene Hawle & Corda 1847 (Prod. Mon. böhm. Trilob., 119.) The Trilobita are a class of extinct Arthropoda. Chamberlin (1919) replaced Dindymene with Dindymenides [details]
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