WoRMS taxon details
Harmothoe exanthema (Grube, 1856)
333566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333566)
accepted
Species
Antinoe exanthema (Grube, 1856) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Harmothoe exanthema bergstromi Monro, 1936 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lagisca exanthema (Grube, 1856) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Lagisca globulosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lagisca vesiculosa (Grube, 1877) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Polynoe exanthema Grube, 1856 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Polynoe vesiculosa Grube, 1877 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Harmothoe exanthema bergstromi Monro, 1936 accepted as Harmothoe exanthema (Grube, 1856) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe exanthema Grube, 1856) Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990 [details]
Type locality contained in Valparaiso (city)
type locality contained in Valparaiso (city) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe exanthema (Grube, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333566 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lagisca globulosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 60: 57-270.
page(s): 62-65, figures 9-15 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Harmothoe exanthema bergstromi Monro, 1936) Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 85-86, fig. 4a-c; note: originally as Harmothoë exanthema (Grube), var. bergströmi [details]
original description (of Polynoe vesiculosa Grube, 1877) Grube, A. E. (1877). Anneliden - Ausbeute S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 509-554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723826
page(s): 514-515 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Polynoe exanthema Grube, 1856) Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990 [details]
new combination reference Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 276, 287-288, plate III fig. 5; note: recombined from Polynoe [details]
page(s): 62-65, figures 9-15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Harmothoe exanthema bergstromi Monro, 1936) Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 85-86, fig. 4a-c; note: originally as Harmothoë exanthema (Grube), var. bergströmi [details]
original description (of Polynoe vesiculosa Grube, 1877) Grube, A. E. (1877). Anneliden - Ausbeute S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Monatsbericht der Koniglich Preussischer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 509-554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723826
page(s): 514-515 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Polynoe exanthema Grube, 1856) Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990 [details]
new combination reference Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 276, 287-288, plate III fig. 5; note: recombined from Polynoe [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Barnich, R.; Fiege, D.; Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C. (2006). Redescription of Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) and related species from Subantarctic and Antarctic waters, with the erection of a new genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 40(1-2): 33-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930500445044
page(s): 40-43, fig. 23A-K, table III; note: redescription of holotype [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 40-43, fig. 23A-K, table III; note: redescription of holotype [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Polynoe vesiculosa Grube, 1877)
To NHMUK collection (Harmothoe exanthema (Grube, 1856); syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3536698)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To NHMUK collection (Harmothoe exanthema (Grube, 1856); syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3536698)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
From editor or global species database
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