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Ochetostoma Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

206211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206211)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Echiura (Subclass)
  6. Echiuroidea (Order)
  7. Echiurida (Suborder)
  8. Thalassematidae (Family)
  9. Ochetostoma (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ochetostoma erythrogrammon Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 (type by monotypy)
Ochetostomatinae DattaGupta, 1976
Thalassematidae Forbes & Goodsir, 1841
Ochetostomum Diesing, 1851 · unaccepted (intentional misspelling of Ochetostoma)
Platylobostoma Wesenberg-Lund, 1957 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Ochetostoma arkati (Prashad, 1935)
  2. Species Ochetostoma australiense Edmonds, 1960
  3. Species Ochetostoma azoricum Rogers & Nash, 1996
  4. Species Ochetostoma baronii (Greeff, 1872)
  5. Species Ochetostoma bombayense (Prashad & Awati, 1929)
  6. Species Ochetostoma caudex (Lampert, 1883)
  7. Species Ochetostoma decameron (Lanchester, 1905)
  8. Species Ochetostoma erythrogrammon Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
  9. Species Ochetostoma formosulum (Lampert, 1883)
  10. Species Ochetostoma glaucum (Wesenberg-Lund, 1957)
  11. Species Ochetostoma griffini (Wharton, 1913)
  12. Species Ochetostoma hornelli (Prashad, 1921)
  13. Species Ochetostoma hupferi (Fischer, 1895)
  14. Species Ochetostoma indosinense Wesenberg-Lund, 1939
  15. Species Ochetostoma kempi (Prashad, 1919)
  16. Species Ochetostoma kokotoniense (Fischer, 1892)
  17. Species Ochetostoma maldivense Bock, 1942
  18. Species Ochetostoma manjuyodense (Ikeda, 1905)
  19. Species Ochetostoma mercator Wesenberg-Lund, 1954
  20. Species Ochetostoma multilineatum (Fischer, 1914)
  21. Species Ochetostoma natalense Biseswar, 1988
  22. Species Ochetostoma octomyotum Fisher, 1946
  23. Species Ochetostoma palense (Ikeda, 1924)
  24. Species Ochetostoma pellucidum (Fischer, 1895)
  25. Species Ochetostoma punicea Dartnall, 1976
  26. Species Ochetostoma senegalense Stephen, 1960
  27. Species Ochetostoma septemyotum DattaGupta, Menon & Johnson, 1963
  28. Species Ochetostoma stuhlmanni (Fischer, 1892)
  29. Species Ochetostoma zanzibarense Stephen & Robertson, 1952
  30. Species Ochetostoma eaouari (Lesson, 1830) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  31. Species Ochetostoma atlantidei Wesenberg-Lund, 1959 accepted as Ochetostoma glaucum (Wesenberg-Lund, 1957) (junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Ochetostoma capense Jones & Stephen, 1954 accepted as Listriolobus capensis (Jones & Stephen, 1954) (superseded original combination)
  33. Species Ochetostoma edax Fisher, 1946 accepted as Ochetostoma baronii (Greeff, 1872) (junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Ochetostoma kefersteini (ten Broeke, 1925) accepted as Ochetostoma baronii (Greeff, 1872) (junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Ochetostoma myersae Edmonds, 1963 accepted as Ochetostoma baronii (Greeff, 1872) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Rüppell, E., Leuckart, F. S. (1828). Neue wirbellose Thiere des rothen Meers. <em>In: Rüppell, E. (Ed.) Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika.</em> H. L. Brönner, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 1–47, plates 1–12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140869
page(s): 7. [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Ochetostomum Diesing, 1851) Diesing, C. M. (1851). Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae. vi + 588 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32506556
page(s): 72 [details] OpenAccess publication
Polychaeta (2025). Ochetostoma Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206211 on 2026-08-22
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1998-09-25 11:57:08Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-08 08:28:57Z
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Murina, Galina Vansetti
2017-05-31 08:23:57Z
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Tanaka, Masaatsu
2017-07-24 05:09:01Z
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Tanaka, Masaatsu
2017-08-15 08:38:31Z
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Tanaka, Masaatsu
2017-08-26 09:00:45Z
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Tanaka, Masaatsu
2026-08-22 09:11:02Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Rüppell, E., Leuckart, F. S. (1828). Neue wirbellose Thiere des rothen Meers. <em>In: Rüppell, E. (Ed.) Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika.</em> H. L. Brönner, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 1–47, plates 1–12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140869
page(s): 7. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ochetostomum Diesing, 1851) Diesing, C. M. (1851). Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae. vi + 588 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32506556
page(s): 72 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Platylobostoma Wesenberg-Lund, 1957) Wesenberg-Lund, E. (1957). Sipunculoidea and Echiuroidea from West Africa together with a bibliography on Gephyrea after 1920. <em>Bulletin. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 33(42): 1–24., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=20425&printversion=1&dropIMIStitle=1
page(s): 8–10. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Fisher, W. K. (1946). Echiuroid worms of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 96: 215–292, plates 20–37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7311441 [details] 

taxonomy source Stephen, A. C., Edmonds, S. J. (1972). The Phyla Sipuncula and Echiura. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. [details] 

basis of record NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details] 

additional source Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura. [details] 

additional source Satô, H. (1939). Studies on the Echiuroidea, Sipunculoidea and Priapuloidea of Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Fourth Series, Biology.</em> 14 (4): 339–460, plates XIX–XXIII. [details] 

additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Echiura, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 178 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Vianna, Matheus, Santos, Cinthya. S. G. (2026). Treasures of the collections—echiurans (Thalassematidae: Annelida) of the genus <em>Listriolobus</em> Fischer, 1926 and <em>Ochetostoma</em> Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 from the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5857(3): 525–542., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5857.3.6
page(s): 533-539, figures 2-4; note: Key to genus. Records, descriptions and illustrations for single specimens of two unnamed intertidal Ochetostoma species, probably unnamed new species, from Cabo Branco Beach, João Pessoa, Paraíba,...    
Key to genus. Records, descriptions and illustrations for single specimens of two unnamed intertidal Ochetostoma species, probably unnamed new species, from Cabo Branco Beach, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil and from Aracruz beach, Espírito Santo, Brazil
[details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Biseswar, R. (1988). Ochetosoma (Echiura) from southern Africa with a description of a new species. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 98(2): 29–75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40648449 [details] 
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