WoRMS name details
Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880
338189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338189)
unaccepted (homonym; replacement name provided)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 92-93, plate IV fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 92-93, plate IV fig. 4 [details]
Note Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer...
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Type locality Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.75° -16.97°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island.
Etymology The specific name hamata is a Latin adjective meaning 'hooked' or 'crooked', and refers presumably to the presence of...
Homonymy Original name pre-occupied by Polydora hamata Webster, 1879 (Annelida, Spionidae), replaced by Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962.
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island. [details]
Etymology The specific name hamata is a Latin adjective meaning 'hooked' or 'crooked', and refers presumably to the presence of...
Etymology The specific name hamata is a Latin adjective meaning 'hooked' or 'crooked', and refers presumably to the presence of notopodial curved acicular chaetae in the last approximately 30 segments: "in den letzen circa 30 Segmenten sitzen 1 bis 2 stärkere, gekrümmte, bräunliche Borsten [...] im dorsalen Bündel" (Langerhans, 1880: 93). [details]
Homonymy Original name pre-occupied by Polydora hamata Webster, 1879 (Annelida, Spionidae), replaced by Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962.
Homonymy Original name pre-occupied by Polydora hamata Webster, 1879 (Annelida, Spionidae), replaced by Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338189 on 2024-04-18
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Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 92-93, plate IV fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 186-187 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 92-93, plate IV fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579 [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 186-187 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island. [details]
Etymology The specific name hamata is a Latin adjective meaning 'hooked' or 'crooked', and refers presumably to the presence of notopodial curved acicular chaetae in the last approximately 30 segments: "in den letzen circa 30 Segmenten sitzen 1 bis 2 stärkere, gekrümmte, bräunliche Borsten [...] im dorsalen Bündel" (Langerhans, 1880: 93). [details]
Habitat Intertidal pools in limestone rocky shores. [details]
Homonymy Original name pre-occupied by Polydora hamata Webster, 1879 (Annelida, Spionidae), replaced by Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962. [details]
Type locality Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.75° -16.97°). [details]
