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Polychaeta taxon detailsYmerana Holthe, 1986
325232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325232)
accepted
Genus
marine,
recent only
Holthe, Torleif. (1986). Polychaeta Terebellomorpha from the northern Norwegian Sea and the Polar Sea, with descriptions of Mugga bathyalis sp.n. and Ymerana pteropoda gen. and sp.n. <em>Sarsia.</em> 71(3-4), 227-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1986.10419692 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Author: "The genus is named after the Swedish icebreaker and research vessel from which it was collected. In Scandinavian...
Etymology Author: "The genus is named after the Swedish icebreaker and research vessel from which it was collected. In Scandinavian mythology Ymer was the ancestor of the giants (jotner), he was killed by the gods who created the earth from his dead body. Gender feminine" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ymerana Holthe, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325232 on 2026-08-27
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original description
Holthe, Torleif. (1986). Polychaeta Terebellomorpha from the northern Norwegian Sea and the Polar Sea, with descriptions of Mugga bathyalis sp.n. and Ymerana pteropoda gen. and sp.n. <em>Sarsia.</em> 71(3-4), 227-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1986.10419692 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Author: "The genus is named after the Swedish icebreaker and research vessel from which it was collected. In Scandinavian mythology Ymer was the ancestor of the giants (jotner), he was killed by the gods who created the earth from his dead body. Gender feminine" [details]Grammatical gender Feminine by choice of author, perhaps because ships are considered feminine, although the mythical personage Ymer was male. [details] |
