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Polychaeta name details

Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919

129769  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129769)

 unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
Alkmaria rominji [auct.] · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Alkmaria ryckiana (Augener, 1928) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Microsamytha ryckiana Augener, 1928 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
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] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  not known, perhaps Naturalis, geounit Netherlands  
Holotype not known, perhaps Naturalis, geounit Netherlands [details]
Note Alkmaarder meer, near Alkmaar, 52.5544,...  
From editor or global species database
Type material Alkmaarder meer, near Alkmaar, 52.5544, 4.7492, Netherlands [details]
Etymology 'romijni' after Dr Romijn who collected the specimens  
Etymology 'romijni' after Dr Romijn who collected the specimens [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129769 on 2026-04-14
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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] OpenAccess publication

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 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 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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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 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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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 
   

Holotype not known, perhaps Naturalis, geounit Netherlands [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology 'romijni' after Dr Romijn who collected the specimens [details]

Type material Alkmaarder meer, near Alkmaar, 52.5544, 4.7492, Netherlands [details]
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English tentacled lagoon worm  [details]
Polish alkmarja  [details]