WoRMS name details
Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013
815419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:815419)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Family
Telothelepus Day, 1955 (type by original designation)
marine
recent only
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat. 2013. The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). Invertebrate Systematics 27(2): 186-238, available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS12062
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
Taxonomy Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings (2013: 236) in their formal systematics presentation did not indicate which genera they...
Taxonomy Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings (2013: 236) in their formal systematics presentation did not indicate which genera they placed in their new family Telothelepodidae, besides the type genus Telothelepus Day, 1955. However, their Fig. 21 consensus tree indicates the other genera included were Decathelepus, Glossothelepus, Rhinothelepus, and Parathelepus. In 2017 Nogueira, Fitzhugh, Hutchings & Carrerette synonymized Decathelepus to Parathelepus, synonymized Glossothelepus to Rhinothelepus, moved two Rhinothelepus to Parathelepus, and synonymized Kritzlerius to Parathelepus. They created genus Mesopothelepus for a Telothelepus species. Thus four genera remained in the group - Telothelepus, Parathelepus, Mesopothelepus, and Rhinothelepus. However, these authors noted that Telothelepus, Rhinothelepus, and Decathelepus were not monophyletic according to their cladograms based on morphology. This was troubling news as regards these genera being distinct and 'useful' for taxonomy.
Stiller et al (2020) had only one representative of Telothelepodidae in their analysis, Rhinothelepus lobatus, the type species of that genus, but it placed firmly with Thelepus and other Thelepodinae, and thus they synonymized Telothelepodidae into Thelepodinae, while noting it would be useful to have molecular data for further species of the former Telothelepodidae. [details]
Stiller et al (2020) had only one representative of Telothelepodidae in their analysis, Rhinothelepus lobatus, the type species of that genus, but it placed firmly with Thelepus and other Thelepodinae, and thus they synonymized Telothelepodidae into Thelepodinae, while noting it would be useful to have molecular data for further species of the former Telothelepodidae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815419 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat. 2013. The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). Invertebrate Systematics 27(2): 186-238, available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS12062
page(s): 236 [details]
taxonomy source Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2017). Phylogenetic analysis of the family Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 (Annelida: Terebelliformia). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1283526 [details] Available for editors
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status source Stiller, Josefin; Tilic, Ekin; Rousset, Vincent; Pleijel, Fredrick; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). Spaghetti to a tree: A robust phylogeny for Terebelliformia (Annelida) based on transcriptomes, molecular and morphological Data. <em>Biology.</em> 9(4): 73 [29 pp. + supplementary material]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9040073
note: authors synonymize Telothelepodidae to Thelepodinae [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 236 [details]
taxonomy source Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2017). Phylogenetic analysis of the family Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 (Annelida: Terebelliformia). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1283526 [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Stiller, Josefin; Tilic, Ekin; Rousset, Vincent; Pleijel, Fredrick; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). Spaghetti to a tree: A robust phylogeny for Terebelliformia (Annelida) based on transcriptomes, molecular and morphological Data. <em>Biology.</em> 9(4): 73 [29 pp. + supplementary material]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9040073
note: authors synonymize Telothelepodidae to Thelepodinae [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis authors: "Members of Telothelepodidae are distinguished by the shape of the elongate, narrow ‘upper lips’ [character 14(0), ie., narrow elongate versus circular]. This is the only synapomorphy presented [...] that is not homoplasious."In terms of recognising a Telothelepus the distinctive character is a large elongate upper tentacular lobe (cephalic lobe) on the head. The lobe is 'frilly' edged and carries numerous tentacles (see Day 1967:734).
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Taxonomy Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings (2013: 236) in their formal systematics presentation did not indicate which genera they placed in their new family Telothelepodidae, besides the type genus Telothelepus Day, 1955. However, their Fig. 21 consensus tree indicates the other genera included were Decathelepus, Glossothelepus, Rhinothelepus, and Parathelepus. In 2017 Nogueira, Fitzhugh, Hutchings & Carrerette synonymized Decathelepus to Parathelepus, synonymized Glossothelepus to Rhinothelepus, moved two Rhinothelepus to Parathelepus, and synonymized Kritzlerius to Parathelepus. They created genus Mesopothelepus for a Telothelepus species. Thus four genera remained in the group - Telothelepus, Parathelepus, Mesopothelepus, and Rhinothelepus. However, these authors noted that Telothelepus, Rhinothelepus, and Decathelepus were not monophyletic according to their cladograms based on morphology. This was troubling news as regards these genera being distinct and 'useful' for taxonomy.
Stiller et al (2020) had only one representative of Telothelepodidae in their analysis, Rhinothelepus lobatus, the type species of that genus, but it placed firmly with Thelepus and other Thelepodinae, and thus they synonymized Telothelepodidae into Thelepodinae, while noting it would be useful to have molecular data for further species of the former Telothelepodidae. [details]
