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Thormora Baird, 1865

206602  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206602)

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Genus
Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (type by monotypy)
Lepidonotus (Thormora) (Baird, 1865) · unaccepted (superseded re-ranking)
Thormora (Lepidonotus) [auct.] · unaccepted (invalid genus subgenus pair)

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Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 199 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Thormora Baird, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206602 on 2024-03-28
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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2006-08-12 14:17:32Z
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2007-01-24 08:43:46Z
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2007-02-01 10:44:13Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2014-07-15 21:59:31Z
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2019-07-04 22:20:08Z
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original description Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 199 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Baird 1865: "Bases of antennae produced from the anterior margin of the cephalic lobe ; elytra 12 pairs, not covering the middle of the back, and leaving the posterior segments of the body naked ; setae of dorsal branch of feet of two kinds ; body elongated." Baird explains that Thormora is similar to Lepidonotus but distinct because the elytra decrease in size posteriorly, and there are two types of notochaetae. These are weak distinctions, but subsequent authors have maintained the genus. [details]