MSBIAS taxon details
Laetmonice Kinberg, 1856
129196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129196)
accepted
Genus
Laetmonice filicornis Kinberg, 1856 (type by monotypy)
Hermonia Hartman, 1959 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, originally a...)
subjective synonym, originally a replacement name for junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828, preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera)
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): 382 [details]
page(s): 382 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Laetmonice Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129196 on 2026-03-09
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Laetmonice Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129196 on 2026-03-09
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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): 382 [details]
original description (of Hermonia Hartman, 1959) Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 56; note: There is no description, no etymology. Hartman replaces junior homonym Hermione, with Hermonia [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Flaxman, Beth; Kupriyanova, Elena. (2024). New species of Laetmonice (Aphroditidae, Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths around Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 76(4): 195-210., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/flaxman-2024-rec-aust-mus-764-195210/ [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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] Available for editors
biology source Watanabe, H. K.; Uyeno, D.; Yamamori, L.; Jimi, N.; Chen, C. (2023). From commensalism to parasitism within a genus-level clade of barnacles. <em>Biology Letters.</em> 19(20220550):1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0550
note: Occurrence of an unnamed Rhizolepas barnacle parasitizing on an unnamed Laetmonice. The host taxon genus, Laetmonice, is misspelled at every usage as Laetomonice [sic], a spelling that does not exist [details]
page(s): 382 [details]
original description (of Hermonia Hartman, 1959) Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 56; note: There is no description, no etymology. Hartman replaces junior homonym Hermione, with Hermonia [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Flaxman, Beth; Kupriyanova, Elena. (2024). New species of Laetmonice (Aphroditidae, Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths around Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 76(4): 195-210., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/flaxman-2024-rec-aust-mus-764-195210/ [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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] Available for editors
biology source Watanabe, H. K.; Uyeno, D.; Yamamori, L.; Jimi, N.; Chen, C. (2023). From commensalism to parasitism within a genus-level clade of barnacles. <em>Biology Letters.</em> 19(20220550):1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0550
note: Occurrence of an unnamed Rhizolepas barnacle parasitizing on an unnamed Laetmonice. The host taxon genus, Laetmonice, is misspelled at every usage as Laetomonice [sic], a spelling that does not exist [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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