WoRMS taxon details
Acromegalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905)
994135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:994135)
accepted
Species
Branchiomma quadrilocatum [auct.] · unaccepted (misspelling of superseded original name)
Branchiomma quadrioculatum Willey, 1905 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent...)
superseded subsequent combination, genus is a replaced homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Branchiomma quadrioculatum Willey, 1905) Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 307, plate VII figs. 168-169 [details]
page(s): 307, plate VII figs. 168-169 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Acromegalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994135 on 2026-08-21
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Branchiomma quadrioculatum Willey, 1905) Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 307, plate VII figs. 168-169 [details]
new combination reference Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2017). Nomenclatural checklist for <i>Acromegalomma</i> species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a <i>nomen novum</i> replacement for the junior homonym <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson, 1926. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 677: 131-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.12030
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 307, plate VII figs. 168-169 [details]
new combination reference Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2017). Nomenclatural checklist for <i>Acromegalomma</i> species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a <i>nomen novum</i> replacement for the junior homonym <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson, 1926. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 677: 131-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.12030
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Branchiomma quadrioculatum Willey, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acromegalomma quadrioculatum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records) (from synonym Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Branchiomma quadrioculatum Willey, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acromegalomma quadrioculatum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records) (from synonym Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905))
