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Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)

130769  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130769)

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Species
Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita lepidota minuta Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita violacea Strøm, 1768 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe hartmanae Pettibone, 1948 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe imbricata incerta (Bobretzky, 1881) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lepidonote cirrata Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe (Harmothoe) imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) · alternative representation (superseded recombination)
Polynoe complanata Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe incerta Bobretzky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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(of Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in West Europe  
type locality contained in West Europe [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Arctic; Labrador to New Jersey; Bering Sea to s. California; Japan, Yellow Sea, Indian Ocean; Iceland and Norway to...  
Distribution Arctic; Labrador to New Jersey; Bering Sea to s. California; Japan, Yellow Sea, Indian Ocean; Iceland and Norway to Mediterranean and Adriatic [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130769 on 2024-10-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-06-10 19:57:34Z
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2006-03-05 10:53:35Z
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2007-01-23 08:53:40Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description  (of Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888) Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1888). Les annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Seconde partie. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris.</em> Série 7, 5(2): 141-338, plates VI-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33078545 [details]   

original description  (of Harmothoe hartmanae Pettibone, 1948) Pettibone, Marian H. 1948. Two new species of polychaete worms of the family Polynoidae from Puget Sound and San Juan Archipelago. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 38(12): 412-414. [details]   

original description  (of Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865) Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1937. Polychaetous annelids collected by Captain Robert A. Bartlett in Greenland, Fox Basin, and Labrador. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 27(1): 23-36.
page(s): 26-27, figures 1-5 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Lepidonote cirrata Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849 [details]   

original description  (of Polynoe complanata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Polynoe incerta Bobretzky, 1881) Bobretzky, N. (1881). Dopolnenia k faune Annelid Chernogo morya [Additions/supplement to the annelid fauna of the Black Sea]. <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 6(2): 183-212, plates 6 & 7., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100422735 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788) Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae.</em> 1(5-6):2225-3909., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896589 [details]   

original description  (of Aphrodita violacea Strøm, 1768) Strøm H. (1768). Beskrivelse over Norske Insecter. Andet Stykke. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, Kjobenhavn.</em> 4: 313-371, pl. 16., available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN481641912_0004
page(s): 366 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita lepidota minuta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]   

context source (Schelde) van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). <em>Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg.</em> 64 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]   

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 66-71, plate IX fig. 8 [details]   

additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 9-10 [details]   

additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 [details]   

additional 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 [details]   

additional source Nygren, Arne; Norlinder, Erika; Panova, Marina ; Pleijel, Fredrik. (2011). Colour polymorphism in the polychaete Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 7(1): 54 - 62., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451001003713555 [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source David, Andrew A.; Cahill, Jordan. (2020). Tri-oceanic connectivity of the supposedly cosmopolitan polychaete, Harmothoe imbricata (Annelida: Polynoidae): insights from the COI marker. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 16(4): 256-264., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2020.1740740 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 29-31, figure 14 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription 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] 

redescription Ruff, R. Eugene. (1995). Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867. 105-166. IN: Blake, James A., Hilbig, Brigitte, and Scott, Paul H. (Ed.). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Tebble, Norman; Chambers, Susan. (1982). Polychaetes from Scottish Waters, Part 1. Family Polynoidae. <em>Royal Scottish Museum Studies.</em> [unnumbered] : 1-73.
page(s): 30-31, figures 7, 31 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source Garm, Anders; Simonsen, Sidsel H.; Mendoza-González, Paula; Worsaae, Katrine; ;. (2021). Have the eyes of bioluminescent scale worms adapted to see their own light? A comparative study of eyes and vision in Harmothoe imbricata and Lepidonotus squamatus. <em>Journal of Experimental Biology.</em> 224(14): ?-?., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242501 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Arctic; Labrador to New Jersey; Bering Sea to s. California; Japan, Yellow Sea, Indian Ocean; Iceland and Norway to Mediterranean and Adriatic [details]

Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction Eggs are brooded under scales of female. [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch gladschubbige zeerups  [details]
English Free-living scale wormFifteen-scaled wormcommon fifteen-scaled worm  [details]
German gemeiner Schuppenwurm  [details]
Japanese マダラウロコムシ  [details]
Russian Хармотое черепитчатая  [details]