Deep-Sea taxon details
Sphaerodoridium minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
155127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155127)
accepted
Species
Ephesiella minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Sphaerodorum minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 728-729, plate IV figs. 64-66 [details]
page(s): 728-729, plate IV figs. 64-66 [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodoridium minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887). 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=155127 on 2026-07-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sphaerodoridium minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155127 on 2026-07-04
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(of ) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 728-729, plate IV figs. 64-66 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
redescription Capa, María; Osborn, Karen J.; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) of the deep Northwestern Atlantic, including remarkable new species of <em>Euritmia</em> and <em>Sphaerephesia</em>. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 615: 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.615.9530
page(s): 19; note: redescription from lectotype [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Lützen, Jörgen. (1961). Sur une nouvelle espèce de polychète <i>Sphaerodoridium commensalis</i> n. gen., n. spec. (Polychaeta Errantia, famille des Sphaerodoridae) vivant en commensal de <i>Terebellides stroemi</i> Sars. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 2(4): 409-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.635247C6
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
status source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract
page(s): 346; note: re-established Sphaerodoridium minutum as the valid combination [details]
page(s): 728-729, plate IV figs. 64-66 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
redescription Capa, María; Osborn, Karen J.; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) of the deep Northwestern Atlantic, including remarkable new species of <em>Euritmia</em> and <em>Sphaerephesia</em>. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 615: 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.615.9530
page(s): 19; note: redescription from lectotype [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Lützen, Jörgen. (1961). Sur une nouvelle espèce de polychète <i>Sphaerodoridium commensalis</i> n. gen., n. spec. (Polychaeta Errantia, famille des Sphaerodoridae) vivant en commensal de <i>Terebellides stroemi</i> Sars. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 2(4): 409-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.635247C6
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
status source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract
page(s): 346; note: re-established Sphaerodoridium minutum as the valid combination [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アワコブゴカイ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ephesiella minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerodoropsis minuta) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To The Arctic Traits Database (18 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ephesiella minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Sphaerodorum minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ephesiella minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerodoropsis minuta) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To The Arctic Traits Database (18 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ephesiella minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Sphaerodoropsis minuta (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Sphaerodorum minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887))
Unreviewed
