Deep-Sea name details
Eumenia Örsted, 1843
155076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155076)
unaccepted (homonym [predated by Godart, 1824 (Lepidoptera])
Genus
Eumenia crassa Örsted, 1843 accepted as Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843) (type by monotypy)
- Species Eumenia crassa Örsted, 1843 accepted as Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eumenia reticulata McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Hyboscolex reticulatus (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Homonymy Eumenia Örsted, 1843 is junior to Eumenia Godart, 1824 (Lepidoptera]). Quatrefages (1866) replaced the name with...
Homonymy Eumenia Örsted, 1843 is junior to Eumenia Godart, 1824 (Lepidoptera]). Quatrefages (1866) replaced the name with Polyphysia, but he wrongly thought that the Eumenia spelling had been published by Risso, 1826. Actually Risso had created a different name Eunomia in Phyllodocidae. Hartman (1959 catalogue: 151 & 152) points out that Quatrefages had mistakenly attributed a prior Eumenia to Risso [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eumenia Örsted, 1843. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155076 on 2026-02-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eumenia Örsted, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155076 on 2026-02-17
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Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849
page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record 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 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): 46 [details]
basis of record 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 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]
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Grammatical gender Original describer Örsted, 1843 and others subsequently added feminine-ending adjectival species names to genus Eumenia. Therefore it is a feminine genus. [details]Homonymy Eumenia Örsted, 1843 is junior to Eumenia Godart, 1824 (Lepidoptera]). Quatrefages (1866) replaced the name with Polyphysia, but he wrongly thought that the Eumenia spelling had been published by Risso, 1826. Actually Risso had created a different name Eunomia in Phyllodocidae. Hartman (1959 catalogue: 151 & 152) points out that Quatrefages had mistakenly attributed a prior Eumenia to Risso [details]
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