Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

WoRMS taxon details

Nicomache Malmgren, 1865

AphiaID

129357 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129357)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Sabella lumbricalis Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius, 1780) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906

Original name

Nicomache Malmgren, 1865

Synonymised names

Nichomache [auctt.] · unaccepted (Misspelling)

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Subgenus Nicomache (Loxochona) Arwidsson, 1906
1. Species Nicomache (Loxochona) lokii Kongsrud & Rapp, 2012
2. Species Nicomache (Loxochona) quadrispinata Arwidsson, 1906
3. Species Nicomache (Loxochona) tigilli Wang, Zhou, Zhang & Wang, 2024
4. Species Nicomache (Loxochona) trispinata Arwidsson, 1906
Subgenus Nicomache (Nicomache)
1. Species Nicomache (Nicomache) minor Arwidsson, 1906
Species Nicomache antillensis Augener, 1922
Species Nicomache arwidssoni Blake, 1985
Species Nicomache benthaliana McIntosh, 1885
Species Nicomache brasiliensis De Assis, Samiguel & Christoffersen, 2007
Species Nicomache canadensis McIntosh, 1913
Species Nicomache lanai De Assis, Samiguel & Christoffersen, 2007
Species Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nicomache maculata Arwidsson, 1911
Species Nicomache monroi Hartman, 1967
Species Nicomache mossambica Day, 1951
Species Nicomache ohtai Miura & Hashimoto, 1991
Species Nicomache personata Johnson, 1901
Species Nicomache plimmertonensis Augener, 1926
Species Nicomache truncata Willey, 1905
Species Nicomache venticola Blake & Hilbig, 1990
Species Nicomache antiguensis Treadwell, 1924 accepted as Nicomache antillensis Augener, 1922 (subjective synonym)
Species Nicomache capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
Species Nicomache carinata Moore, 1906 accepted as Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
Species Nicomache dispar Verrill, 1873 accepted as Euclymene dispar (Verrill, 1873) (superseded original combination)
Species Nicomache interstricta Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Lumbriclymene interstricta (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded original combination)
Species Nicomache japonica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Lumbriclymene japonica (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
Species Nicomache mcintoshi Marenzeller, 1887 accepted as Petaloproctus terricolus Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Species Nicomache minor Arwidsson, 1906 represented as Nicomache (Nicomache) minor Arwidsson, 1906
Species Nicomache quadrispinata Arwidsson, 1906 represented as Nicomache (Loxochona) quadrispinata Arwidsson, 1906
Species Nicomache trispinata Ardwidsson, 1906 represented as Nicomache (Loxochona) trispinata Arwidsson, 1906
Species Nicomache inornata Moore, 1903 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probably indeterminable)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 189; note: for Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius) (was Sabella lumbricalis) [details]

Type data

Note Type species Sabella lumbricalis Fabricius...

Type species Type species Sabella lumbricalis Fabricius 1780 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicomache Malmgren, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129357 on 2025-03-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2005-04-13 07:40:18Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2008-03-03 06:51:11Z

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Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2019-12-18 21:10:20Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2023-03-30 09:30:32Z

changed

Gil, João

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 189; note: for Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius) (was Sabella lumbricalis) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic]. 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39358 [details]

Other

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]