WoRMS taxon details
Ficopomatus Southern, 1921
129562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129562)
accepted
Genus
Mercerella Fauvel, 1923 · alternative representation (lapsus calami for Mercierella)
Merceriella Fauvel, 1923 · alternative representation (lapsus calami for Mercierella)
Mercierella Fauvel, 1923 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mercierellopsis Rioja, 1945 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Neopomatus Pillai, 1960 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Phycopomatus [lapsus] · unaccepted (Misspelling for Ficopomatus)
Sphaeropomatus Treadwell, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tricopomatus Southern, 1921 · alternative representation
- Species Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)
- Species Ficopomatus macrodon Southern, 1921
- Species Ficopomatus miamiensis (Treadwell, 1934)
- Species Ficopomatus shenzhensis Li, Wang & Deng, 2012
- Species Ficopomatus talehsapensis Pillai, 2008
- Species Ficopomatus uschakovi (Pillai, 1960)
- Species Ficopomatus capensis Day, 1961 accepted as Pseudochitinopoma capensis (Day, 1961) (transfer of generic attribution)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332
page(s): 655 [details]
page(s): 655 [details]
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ficopomatus Southern, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129562 on 2024-08-18
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original description
Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332
page(s): 655 [details]
original description (of Mercierella Fauvel, 1923) Fauvel, P. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre Merceriella n.g., enigmatica n.sp. Bulletin de la Sociét. <em>Zoologique de France.</em> 47: 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518 [details]
original description (of Mercierellopsis Rioja, 1945) Rioja, Enrique. (1945). Estudios anelidologicos. XIII. Un nuevo genero de serpulido de agua salobre de Mexico. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico.</em> 16(2): 411-417.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Neopomatus Pillai, 1960) Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1960). Some marine and brackish-water serpulid Polychaeta from Ceylon, including new genera and species. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 3(1): 1-40, plates 1-2.
page(s): 27-28 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Sphaeropomatus Treadwell, 1934) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1934. Sphaeropomatus miamiensis, a new genus and species of Serpulid polychaete. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 24(8): 338-341. [details]
original description (of Tricopomatus Southern, 1921) Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pillai, T.G. 2008. Ficopomatus talehsapensis, a new brackish-water species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae: Ficopomatinae) from Thailand, with discussions on the relationships of taxa constituting the subfamily, opercular insertion as a taxonomic character and their taxonomy, a key to its taxa, and their zoogeography. Zootaxa 1967: 36-52. [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120. [details]
redescription Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 655 [details]
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original description (of Mercierella Fauvel, 1923) Fauvel, P. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre Merceriella n.g., enigmatica n.sp. Bulletin de la Sociét. <em>Zoologique de France.</em> 47: 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518 [details]
original description (of Mercierellopsis Rioja, 1945) Rioja, Enrique. (1945). Estudios anelidologicos. XIII. Un nuevo genero de serpulido de agua salobre de Mexico. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico.</em> 16(2): 411-417.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Neopomatus Pillai, 1960) Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1960). Some marine and brackish-water serpulid Polychaeta from Ceylon, including new genera and species. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 3(1): 1-40, plates 1-2.
page(s): 27-28 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Sphaeropomatus Treadwell, 1934) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1934. Sphaeropomatus miamiensis, a new genus and species of Serpulid polychaete. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 24(8): 338-341. [details]
original description (of Tricopomatus Southern, 1921) Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332 [details]
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basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pillai, T.G. 2008. Ficopomatus talehsapensis, a new brackish-water species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae: Ficopomatinae) from Thailand, with discussions on the relationships of taxa constituting the subfamily, opercular insertion as a taxonomic character and their taxonomy, a key to its taxa, and their zoogeography. Zootaxa 1967: 36-52. [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120. [details]
redescription Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 41 [details]
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Editor's comment it should be noted that Pillai (2008) reinstated the genus Neopomatus [details]