WoRMS name details
Hydroides heteroceros [auct. lapsus]
209952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209952)
unaccepted (misspelling of 'heterocerus')
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula (Eupomatus) heterocerus Grube, 1868 [original]) Grube, A.E. 1868. Beschreibungen einiger von Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld gesammelter Anneliden und Gephyreen des rothen Meeres. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 18: 629-650. Plates 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25254604
page(s): 639, plate 7 fig. 8; note: as S. (Eupomatus) heterocerus original spelling [details]
page(s): 639, plate 7 fig. 8; note: as S. (Eupomatus) heterocerus original spelling [details]
Distribution Distribution: India, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Zanzibar.(Fauvel,1953).
Distribution Distribution: India, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Zanzibar.(Fauvel,1953). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides heteroceros [auct. lapsus]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209952 on 2024-08-14
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(of Serpula (Eupomatus) heterocerus Grube, 1868 [original]) Grube, A.E. 1868. Beschreibungen einiger von Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld gesammelter Anneliden und Gephyreen des rothen Meeres. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 18: 629-650. Plates 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25254604
page(s): 639, plate 7 fig. 8; note: as S. (Eupomatus) heterocerus original spelling [details]
basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 807; note: Day also misspells the name when citing Grube's original combination [details]
page(s): 639, plate 7 fig. 8; note: as S. (Eupomatus) heterocerus original spelling [details]
basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 807; note: Day also misspells the name when citing Grube's original combination [details]
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From editor or global species database
Spelling H. heterocera as in Zibrowius 1971 and Vine, 1986 is actually the correct spelling for mandatory gender agreement. H. heterocerus as in Fishelson, 1969 is Grube's original spelling. In the monograph Day also misspells the name when citing Grube's original combination [details]From other sources
Distribution Distribution: India, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Zanzibar.(Fauvel,1953). [details]