WoRMS taxon details
Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884
129719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129719)
accepted
Genus
Trochochaeta sarsi Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (type by monotypy)
Disoma Örsted, 1844 · unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by...)
junior homonym, replaced by Trochochaeta Levinsen
Disomides Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)
Nevaya McIntosh, 1911 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Trochochaeta ankeae Bochert & Zettler, 2013
- Species Trochochaeta carica (Birula, 1897)
- Species Trochochaeta cirrifera (Hartman, 1976)
- Species Trochochaeta diverapoda (Hoagland, 1920)
- Species Trochochaeta franciscana (Hartman, 1947)
- Species Trochochaeta japonica Imajima, 1989
- Species Trochochaeta kirkegaardi Pettibone, 1976
- Species Trochochaeta mexicana Hernández-Alcántara & Solis-Weiss, 2011
- Species Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844)
- Species Trochochaeta orissae (Fauvel, 1932)
- Species Trochochaeta pettiboneae Dean, 1987
- Species Trochochaeta watsoni (Fauvel, 1916)
- Species Trochochaeta multisetorum [auct. misspelling for 'multisetosa'] accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (subsequent author misspelling)
- Species Trochochaeta multisetosum (Örsted, 1844) accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (incorrect subsequent spelling for gender agreement)
- Species Trochochaeta sarsi Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 92-350, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
Etymology Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of posterior...
Etymology Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of posterior notochaeta when extended. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129719 on 2024-05-06
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original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 92-350, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
original description (of Disoma Örsted, 1844) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1844). Zur Classification der Annulaten, mit Beschreibung einiger neuer oder unzulänglich bekannter Gattungen und Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 99-112, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704002
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Nevaya McIntosh, 1911) McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1911). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXII. 1. On the American <i>Syllides verrilli</i>, Percy Moore, from Woods Hole, Mass. 2. On <i>Nevaya whiteavesi</i>, a form with certain relationships to <i>Sclerocheilus</i>, Grube, from Canada. 3. On the British Cirratulidae. 4. On the Cirratulidae dredged by the H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. 5. On the Cirratulidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, by Dr. Whiteaves. 6. On the Cirratulidae dredged in Norway by Canon Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 7(38): 145-173, plates V-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814853
page(s): 149-151 [details]
original description (of Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884) Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 737 [details]
original description (of Disomides Chamberlin, 1919) 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): 370 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 309 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Contribution to the polychaete family Trochochaetidae Pettibone. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 230: 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.230 [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. <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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Bochert, Ralf; Zettler, Michael L. 2013. A record of the genus Trochochaeta (Polychaeta) in the southern hemisphere with description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(04): 967-972 [details]
identification resource Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Peixoto, Antonio J. M. (2018). First record of Trochochaeta japonica (Annelida: Spionidae) in Brazil with identification key to species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4462(4): 566–578., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.8
page(s): 575; note: includes key to species and commentary on taxonomy [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
original description (of Disoma Örsted, 1844) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1844). Zur Classification der Annulaten, mit Beschreibung einiger neuer oder unzulänglich bekannter Gattungen und Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 99-112, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704002
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Nevaya McIntosh, 1911) McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1911). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXII. 1. On the American <i>Syllides verrilli</i>, Percy Moore, from Woods Hole, Mass. 2. On <i>Nevaya whiteavesi</i>, a form with certain relationships to <i>Sclerocheilus</i>, Grube, from Canada. 3. On the British Cirratulidae. 4. On the Cirratulidae dredged by the H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. 5. On the Cirratulidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, by Dr. Whiteaves. 6. On the Cirratulidae dredged in Norway by Canon Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 7(38): 145-173, plates V-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814853
page(s): 149-151 [details]
original description (of Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884) Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 737 [details]
original description (of Disomides Chamberlin, 1919) 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): 370 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 309 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Contribution to the polychaete family Trochochaetidae Pettibone. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 230: 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.230 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] identification resource Bochert, Ralf; Zettler, Michael L. 2013. A record of the genus Trochochaeta (Polychaeta) in the southern hemisphere with description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(04): 967-972 [details]
identification resource Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Peixoto, Antonio J. M. (2018). First record of Trochochaeta japonica (Annelida: Spionidae) in Brazil with identification key to species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4462(4): 566–578., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.8
page(s): 575; note: includes key to species and commentary on taxonomy [details] Available for editors
[request] 
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Etymology Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of posterior notochaeta when extended. [details]Grammatical gender Pettibone (1963, 1976) does not state the genus gender as she usually did. It is feminine (chaeta is transliterated from a Greek feminine noun) [details]
