Deep-Sea taxon details
Hermadion Kinberg, 1856
146971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146971)
accepted
Genus
- Species Hermadion acanellae [auct.] accepted as Neopolynoe acanellae (Verrill, 1882) (superseded recombination)
- Species Hermadion africanus Hartman, 1976 accepted as Harmothoe africanus (Hartman, 1976) (superseded recombination)
- Species Hermadion ferox Baird, 1865 accepted as Antarctinoe ferox (Baird, 1865) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermadion fuligineum Baird, 1865 accepted as Harmothoe fuligineum (Baird, 1865) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermadion ornatus Hartman, 1967 accepted as Harmothoe ornatus (Hartman, 1967) (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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; note: erected for new species Hermadion magalhaensi, H. longicirratus [details]
page(s): 386; note: erected for new species Hermadion magalhaensi, H. longicirratus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hermadion Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146971 on 2026-01-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hermadion Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146971 on 2026-01-25
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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; note: erected for new species Hermadion magalhaensi, H. longicirratus [details]
additional source Bock, Gordon, Fiege, Dieter & Barnich, Ruth 2010. Revision of Hermadion Kinberg, 1856, with a redescription of Hermadion magalhaensi Kinberg, 1856, Adyte hyalina (G.O. Sars, 1873) n. comb. and Neopolynoe acanellae (Verrill, 1881) n. comb. (Polychaeta:Polynoidae). Zootaxa, 2554, 45–61. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2554.html
page(s): 46-47; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
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]
page(s): 386; note: erected for new species Hermadion magalhaensi, H. longicirratus [details]
additional source Bock, Gordon, Fiege, Dieter & Barnich, Ruth 2010. Revision of Hermadion Kinberg, 1856, with a redescription of Hermadion magalhaensi Kinberg, 1856, Adyte hyalina (G.O. Sars, 1873) n. comb. and Neopolynoe acanellae (Verrill, 1881) n. comb. (Polychaeta:Polynoidae). Zootaxa, 2554, 45–61. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2554.html
page(s): 46-47; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
