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CaRMS taxon detailsPotamilla Malmgren, 1866
129544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129544)
accepted
Genus
marine,
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 401 [details]
Note Type species Sabella neglecta Sars 1850 in...
Unreviewed
Type species Type species Sabella neglecta Sars 1850 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Etymology Malmgren's source for the name is not known with certainty, although the name appears to be in use as a ancient Greek...
Etymology Malmgren's source for the name is not known with certainty, although the name appears to be in use as a ancient Greek female name, with for example an inscription with Kanoulia Potamila as the name of a freedwoman from second-century CE Thessalonike. This suggestion assumes 'Kanoulia Potamila' are both given names. A derivation intentionally directly from Greek Potamos (river) is unlikely, as the sabellids first included in the genus were not freshwater species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamilla Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129544 on 2026-09-16
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Potamilla Malmgren, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129544 on 2026-09-16
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Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 401 [details] taxonomy source Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635 [details] Available for editors  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) note: checklist listing [details] additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis (Capa et al, 2019, In Handbook of Zoology, Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II)Medium-sized sabellids with numerous pairs of radioles in semicircular radiolar lobes, each with at least four rows of vacuolated cells. Basal membrane present, radiolar flanges and basal flanges both absent. Radiolar eyes absent. Dorsal lips without radiolar appendages, pinnular appendages present; ventral radiolar appendages absent. Ventral lips and parallel lamellae both present, ventral sacs inside radiolar crown. Anterior peristomial ring low, of even height. Posterior peristomial ring collar with narrow middorsal gap, dorsal margins fused laterally to faecal groove, midventral incision, and ventral lappets. Peristomial vascular loops absent. Peristomial eyespots absent. Thorax usually with eight chaetigers, abdomen with variable number. Glandular ridge on chaetiger 2 absent. Ventral shields present. Interramal eyespots absent. Collar chaetae similar to superior notochaetae of following chaetigers, elongate, narrowly hooded; inferior thoracic notochaetae broadly hooded. Thoracic uncini avicular, with several rows of similar sized teeth above main fang, developed breast and medium-sized handle; neuropodial companion chaetae with roughly symmetrical hood and gently tapering tip. Abdominal uncini similar to thoracic ones. Abdominal neurochaetae as elongate, broadly hooded chaetae, in both groups. Pygidial eyespots probably present in juveniles. Pygidial cirrus absent. [details] Etymology Malmgren's source for the name is not known with certainty, although the name appears to be in use as a ancient Greek female name, with for example an inscription with Kanoulia Potamila as the name of a freedwoman from second-century CE Thessalonike. This suggestion assumes 'Kanoulia Potamila' are both given names. A derivation intentionally directly from Greek Potamos (river) is unlikely, as the sabellids first included in the genus were not freshwater species. [details] Grammatical gender Authors have treated Potamilla as feminine, starting with Malmgren. Also the name appears to be a ancient Greek female name. [details] Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Type species Type species Sabella neglecta Sars 1850 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details] |
