Polychaeta taxon details
Dimorphilus oophagus Giglio, Salcedo, Watkins & Olivera, 2023
1658807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1658807)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Giglio, Matías L.; Salcedo, Paula Flórez; Watkins, Maren & Olivera, Baldomero. (2023). Insights into a putative polychaete-gastropod symbiosis from a newly identified annelid worm that predates upon Conus ermineus eggs. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 92(2): 97-111., available online at https://brill.com/view/journals/ctoz/92/2/article-p97_001.xml
page(s): 103, figure 5; note: adult female collected inside the egg capsules of C. ermineus living in captivity in marine aquarium at the University of Utah, North America [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 103, figure 5; note: adult female collected inside the egg capsules of C. ermineus living in captivity in marine aquarium at the University of Utah, North America [details] Available for editors
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Holotype UU umnh.ann.0001770, geounit Utah
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Holotype UU umnh.ann.0001770, geounit Utah [details]
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Type locality Type locality not precisely known. Dimorphilus oophagus was collected from egg capsules of Conus ermineus living in captivity in a marine aquarium at the University of Utah, North America. No geolocation is given but University of Utah is approx 40.7608, -111.8911, and the authors state the type locality is Salt Lake City, Utah. However, in such situations the type locality is instead the place the specimens unnaturally travelled from (Code article 76.1.1). However, that marine location is uncertain.The two Conus in the aquarium came from two locations, one from an unspecified Gulf of Mexico location, one more recently from an unspecified coast of Panama location, and additionally (authors say) the worms could also have been introduced to the tank via added food (fish) or via 'coral-like rocks' in the tank. The origin of those items is not stated. Worms were not found free-living in the tank. [details]
Etymology Dimorphilus oophagus is named from the Greek word for egg eater
Etymology Dimorphilus oophagus is named from the Greek word for egg eater [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Dimorphilus oophagus Giglio, Salcedo, Watkins & Olivera, 2023. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1658807 on 2024-06-30
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Giglio, Matías L.; Salcedo, Paula Flórez; Watkins, Maren & Olivera, Baldomero. (2023). Insights into a putative polychaete-gastropod symbiosis from a newly identified annelid worm that predates upon Conus ermineus eggs. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 92(2): 97-111., available online at https://brill.com/view/journals/ctoz/92/2/article-p97_001.xml
page(s): 103, figure 5; note: adult female collected inside the egg capsules of C. ermineus living in captivity in marine aquarium at the University of Utah, North America [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 103, figure 5; note: adult female collected inside the egg capsules of C. ermineus living in captivity in marine aquarium at the University of Utah, North America [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype UU umnh.ann.0001770, geounit Utah [details]
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Etymology Dimorphilus oophagus is named from the Greek word for egg eater [details]Type locality Type locality not precisely known. Dimorphilus oophagus was collected from egg capsules of Conus ermineus living in captivity in a marine aquarium at the University of Utah, North America. No geolocation is given but University of Utah is approx 40.7608, -111.8911, and the authors state the type locality is Salt Lake City, Utah. However, in such situations the type locality is instead the place the specimens unnaturally travelled from (Code article 76.1.1). However, that marine location is uncertain.The two Conus in the aquarium came from two locations, one from an unspecified Gulf of Mexico location, one more recently from an unspecified coast of Panama location, and additionally (authors say) the worms could also have been introduced to the tank via added food (fish) or via 'coral-like rocks' in the tank. The origin of those items is not stated. Worms were not found free-living in the tank. [details]
