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Polychaeta name detailsEgamella Fauchald, 1972
325201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325201)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Egamella quadribranchiata Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Amage quadribranchiata (Fauchald, 1972) (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
feminine
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 295-296 [details]
Etymology Not stated. Unknown. Egamella is a feminine diminutive of Egam, but except for the Japanese family name Egami, no origin...
Etymology Not stated. Unknown. Egamella is a feminine diminutive of Egam, but except for the Japanese family name Egami, no origin for this word is obvious. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Egamella Fauchald, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325201 on 2026-09-13
Date action by
original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 295-296 [details] source of synonymy Jirkov, Igor A. (2011). Discussion of taxonomic characters and classification of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(Supplement 1): 78-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.617216 page(s): 86; note: Jirkov includes Egamella, Mexmage, Paramage & Phyllampharete under Amage Malmgren,1868 [details] Available for editors  [request]source of synonymy Reuscher, M; Fiege, D; Imajima, M. (2015). Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japanese waters. Part IV. Miscellaneous genera. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95(6): 1105–1125., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000545 page(s): 1105-1106 [details] Available for editors [request]From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Unknown. Egamella is a feminine diminutive of Egam, but except for the Japanese family name Egami, no origin for this word is obvious. [details]Grammatical gender Not stated but feminine, as deduced from use of a feminine suffix adjective for the species name, and use of a feminine diminutive -ella for the genus [details] |