World Register of Deep-Sea species - Sphaerodorum brevicapitis Moore, 1909

Deep-Sea taxon details

Sphaerodorum brevicapitis Moore, 1909

AphiaID

338422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338422)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843

Original name

Sphaerodorum brevicapitis Moore, 1909

Synonymised names

Ephesiella brevicapitis (Moore, 1909) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Moore, J. Percy. (1909). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of southern California in 1904. I. Syllidae, Sphaerodoridae, Hesionidae and Phyllodocidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 321-351, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816604
page(s): 335-336, plate XV figs. 13-14 [details]

Type data

Note Pacific Ocean, off Santa Catalina Island,...

Unreviewed

Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Santa Catalina Island, California [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Moved to different genus

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodorum brevicapitis Moore, 1909. 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=338422 on 2026-02-03

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sphaerodorum brevicapitis Moore, 1909. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338422 on 2026-02-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2025-10-23 17:23:50Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description Moore, J. Percy. (1909). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of southern California in 1904. I. Syllidae, Sphaerodoridae, Hesionidae and Phyllodocidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 321-351, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816604
page(s): 335-336, plate XV figs. 13-14 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Santa Catalina Island, California [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	カギコブゴカイ [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Ephesiella brevicapitis (Moore, 1909))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ephesiella brevicapitis (Moore, 1909))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 17378)