WoRMS name details
original description
Rioja, Enrique. (1941). Estudios anelidologicos II. Observaciones acerca de varias especies del genero Hydroides Gunnerus (sensu Fauvel) de las costas Mexicanas del Pacifico. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico.</em> 12(1): 161-175. page(s): 172 [details]
source of synonymy
Rioja, Enrique. (1941). Estudios Anelidologicos. III. Datos para el conocimiento de la fauna de poliquetos de las costas del pacifico de Mexico. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico.</em> 12(2): 669-746. page(s): 733; note: moved to new genus Olgaharmania [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but as Rioja (1941a: 174) writes of “una robusta protuberancia . . .en forma de glande” for H. glandifera, it is likely to be a functional name for the bulbous dorsal verticil spine from Latin glans 'acorn' combined with adjectival suffix –fer -a -um ‘bear'. It is unclear why Rioja (incorrectly) used the neuter form ‘glandiferum’ at first. [details]
Spelling Hydroides has been feminine or masculine, but never neuter. The original spelling of Rioja as 'glandiferum' was incorrect. He corrected it to 'glandifera' for his recombination in his feminine genus Olgaharmania (now a synonym of Hydroides). [details]
Type locality Caleta (Playa Caleta), Acapulco, Mexico, 16.8313°, -99.9031° (map estimate).
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