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Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856

129491  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129491)

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Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 386 [details]   
Note Type species H. spinosa Kinberg 1855 in...  
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Type species Type species H. spinosa Kinberg 1855 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Etymology Unknown, but Harmothoe is a Greek feminine name, in mythology mentioned as either 1) an amazon, 2) wife of Pandareus  
Etymology Unknown, but Harmothoe is a Greek feminine name, in mythology mentioned as either 1) an amazon, 2) wife of Pandareus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129491 on 2024-04-16
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129491 on 2024-04-16
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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 386 [details]   

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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]   

additional source 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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]   

additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2000). Revision of the Mediterranean species of <i>Harmothoe</i> Kinberg, 1856 and <i>Lagisca</i> Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 34(10): 1889-1938., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930050144783 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Barnich, R.; Fiege, D.; Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C. (2006). Redescription of Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) and related species from Subantarctic and Antarctic waters, with the erection of a new genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 40(1-2): 33-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930500445044 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

identification resource Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. (2009). Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2104: 1-76. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
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Diagnosis [Fide Fiege & Barnich, 2009:152] Body dorsoventrally flattened, short, with up to about 50 segments; dorsum more or less covered by elytra or short posterior region uncovered. Fifteen pairs of elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, and 32. Prostomium with distinct cephalic peaks and three antennae; lateral antennae inserted ventrally to median antenna. Position of anterior pair of eyes variable, posterior pair dorsal near hind margin. Parapodia with elongate acicular lobes with both acicula penetrating epidermis; neuropodia with a supra-acicular process. Notochaetae stout with distinct rows of spines and blunt tip. Neurochaetae more numerous, usually more slender, with distinct rows of spines distally and tips either all bidentate with a subdistal secondary tooth or some bi- and some unidentate. [details]

Etymology Unknown, but Harmothoe is a Greek feminine name, in mythology mentioned as either 1) an amazon, 2) wife of Pandareus [details]

From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Spelling Spelled Harmathoe in Cattrijsse & Vincx (2001). [details]

Synonymy Synonym of Harmothoe Antinoella Malmgren, 1865. [details]

Type species Type species H. spinosa Kinberg 1855 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
LanguageName 
English fifteen-scaled worms  [details]
German Schuppenwürmer  [details]
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