MSBIAS name details
Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919
129769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129769)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
Alkmaria Horst, 1919 accepted as Hypania Ostroumoff, 1897
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent only
Horst, Rutger. (1919). Twee sedentaire Polychaeten uit het brakke water var Nederland. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 5: 100-102., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318667
page(s): 100-101, 2 text-figs. [details]
page(s): 100-101, 2 text-figs. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919. 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=129769 on 2026-09-27
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. Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129769 on 2026-09-27
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original description
Horst, Rutger. (1919). Twee sedentaire Polychaeten uit het brakke water var Nederland. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 5: 100-102., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318667
page(s): 100-101, 2 text-figs. [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 Cazaux, C. 1982. Developpement larvaire de l'ampharetidae lagunaire Alkmaria romijni Horst 1919. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 23: 143-157,7figures.
note: reports brooding in tube, but not viviparity (cf Wesenberg-Lund) [details]
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 Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien. V‒X. Zur Kenntnis einiger wenig bekannter oder neuer Polychaeten aus der westlichen Ostsee. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 3(2): 362-373.
page(s): 369, fig. 8a-b [details] Available for editors
additional source Junoy, Juan. (1989 (1987)). Primera cita de <i>Alkmaria romijni</i> Horst, 1919 (Polychaeta, Ampharetidae) en las costas Ibéricas. <em>Miscellània Zoològica, Barcelona.</em> 11: 87-91., available online at https://tinyurl.com/mrx872jf
page(s): 89-90, fig. 3A-I; note: records from Iberian Peninsula [details] Available for editors
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1934). A viviparous brackish-water ampharetid, Alkmaria romijni Horst from Ringkøbing Fjord. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn Forening.</em> 98: 215-222, 4 figures.
note: Wesenberg-Lund spells the species name correctly as 'romijni'. The comments on viviparity are very brief [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
ecology source Gilliland, P. M.; Sanderson, W. G. (2000). Re-evaluation of marine benthic species of nature conservation importance: A new perspective on certain 'lagoonal specialists' with particular emphasis on Alkmaria romijni Horst (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae). <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 10(1): 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(200001/02)10:1<1::aid-aqc364>3.3.co;2-y [details]
page(s): 100-101, 2 text-figs. [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 Cazaux, C. 1982. Developpement larvaire de l'ampharetidae lagunaire Alkmaria romijni Horst 1919. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 23: 143-157,7figures.
note: reports brooding in tube, but not viviparity (cf Wesenberg-Lund) [details]
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 Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien. V‒X. Zur Kenntnis einiger wenig bekannter oder neuer Polychaeten aus der westlichen Ostsee. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 3(2): 362-373.
page(s): 369, fig. 8a-b [details] Available for editors
additional source Junoy, Juan. (1989 (1987)). Primera cita de <i>Alkmaria romijni</i> Horst, 1919 (Polychaeta, Ampharetidae) en las costas Ibéricas. <em>Miscellània Zoològica, Barcelona.</em> 11: 87-91., available online at https://tinyurl.com/mrx872jf
page(s): 89-90, fig. 3A-I; note: records from Iberian Peninsula [details] Available for editors
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1934). A viviparous brackish-water ampharetid, Alkmaria romijni Horst from Ringkøbing Fjord. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn Forening.</em> 98: 215-222, 4 figures.
note: Wesenberg-Lund spells the species name correctly as 'romijni'. The comments on viviparity are very brief [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
ecology source Gilliland, P. M.; Sanderson, W. G. (2000). Re-evaluation of marine benthic species of nature conservation importance: A new perspective on certain 'lagoonal specialists' with particular emphasis on Alkmaria romijni Horst (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae). <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 10(1): 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(200001/02)10:1<1::aid-aqc364>3.3.co;2-y [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tentacled lagoon worm | [details] |