WoRMS name details
Laetmatonice armata Verrill, 1879
336331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336331)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Laetmatonice accepted as Laetmonice Kinberg, 1856
Laetmonice armata [auctt.] · unaccepted (alternative spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 168-169; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 168-169; note: no figures [details]
Type locality contained in Fundy Bay
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy
type locality contained in Fundy Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Laetmatonice armata Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336331 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 168-169; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 168-169; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Roule, Louis. (1906). Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883.</em> 7: 1-102, plates 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46501333
page(s): 19-22; note: with Laetmonice filicornis: ''Quant à Letmonice [sic] armata de Verrill, elle a été établie, sans doute, d'après un individu mutilé, ayant perdu ses élytres'' (page 22). [details]
source of synonymy Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 44-46, plate 7 fig. 6, plate 8 figs. 1-5; note: with Laetmatonice kinbergi, later synonymized with Laetmonice filicornis [details]
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 11-13, fig. 11a-d [details]
page(s): 19-22; note: with Laetmonice filicornis: ''Quant à Letmonice [sic] armata de Verrill, elle a été établie, sans doute, d'après un individu mutilé, ayant perdu ses élytres'' (page 22). [details]
source of synonymy Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 44-46, plate 7 fig. 6, plate 8 figs. 1-5; note: with Laetmatonice kinbergi, later synonymized with Laetmonice filicornis [details]
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 11-13, fig. 11a-d [details]
Other
additional source
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine Invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [Prepared for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.]. <em>Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers; Author's edition.</em> 32 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Preliminary_check_list_of_the_marine_inv.html?id=EoEuAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Publication date Until Verrill (1879) can be located the publication year (1879 or 1880) is uncertain. Verrill (1880) describes Laetmatonice armata sp. nov. but the name is apparently first used in Verrill (1879) [details]Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Laetmonice armata [auctt.])
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095738) (from synonym Laetmonice armata [auctt.])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Laetmonice armata [auctt.])
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095738) (from synonym Laetmonice armata [auctt.])
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
