Deep-Sea name details
Ampharete homa Chamberlin, 1919
326314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326314)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 444-447, plate 77 figs. 7-8 [details]
page(s): 444-447, plate 77 figs. 7-8 [details]
Note Gulf of California, Mexico; USFCS Albatross,...
1,552 m; MCZ 32128. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Gulf of California, Mexico; USFCS Albatross, Sta. 3435; 26° 48’ N, 110° 45’ 20” W; depth1,552 m; MCZ 32128. [details]
Etymology Chamberlin (1919) indicates in a footnote that the species name for Ampharete homa comes from Greek homos, meaning same,...
Etymology Chamberlin (1919) indicates in a footnote that the species name for Ampharete homa comes from Greek homos, meaning same, uniform, similar. As Chamberlin describes the uniform body width of the worm it is probably named after that characteristic. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharete homa Chamberlin, 1919. 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=326314 on 2026-08-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ampharete homa Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326314 on 2026-08-13
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Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 444-447, plate 77 figs. 7-8 [details]
page(s): 444-447, plate 77 figs. 7-8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Chamberlin (1919) indicates in a footnote that the species name for Ampharete homa comes from Greek homos, meaning same, uniform, similar. As Chamberlin describes the uniform body width of the worm it is probably named after that characteristic. [details]Type locality Gulf of California, Mexico; USFCS Albatross, Sta. 3435; 26° 48’ N, 110° 45’ 20” W; depth
1,552 m; MCZ 32128. [details]
