WoRMS name details
Pomatocerus [Pomatoceros auct. misspelling]
414612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414612)
unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling by Mörch)
Genus
- Species Pomatocerus strigiceps [auct. genus misspelling] accepted as Pomatoceros strigiceps Mörch, 1863 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, genus misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844) Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089
page(s): 189, 194; note: For Pomatoceros tricuspis Philippi [details]
page(s): 189, 194; note: For Pomatoceros tricuspis Philippi [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pomatocerus [Pomatoceros auct. misspelling]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414612 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844) Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089
page(s): 189, 194; note: For Pomatoceros tricuspis Philippi [details]
basis of record Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft
page(s): 408; note: Mörch 'improved' the genus spelling to 'Pomatocerus' [details]
page(s): 189, 194; note: For Pomatoceros tricuspis Philippi [details]
basis of record Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft
page(s): 408; note: Mörch 'improved' the genus spelling to 'Pomatocerus' [details]
Other
additional source
Hansen, G. Armauer. (1878). Oversigt over de norske Serpula-Arter. <em>Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, Kristiania.</em> 3: 39-44, 3 plates (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30036893
page(s): 42; note: as Pomatocerus [sic] triqveter [u as v] [details]
page(s): 42; note: as Pomatocerus [sic] triqveter [u as v] [details]
