RAMS taxon details
Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
129602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129602)
accepted
Genus
Ephesia Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by...)
junior homonym, replaced by synonym; preoccupied by Hübner, 1818 [Lepidoptera]
Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Sphaerodorum antarcticum (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)
- Species Sphaerodorum indutum Fauchald, 1974
- Species Sphaerodorum muhlenhardtae (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1988)
- Species Sphaerodorum pallidum (Fauchald, 1974)
- Species Sphaerodorum antarctica (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Sphaerodorum antarcticum (McIntosh, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded recombination; mandatory gender agreement requires 'antarcticum')
- Species Sphaerodorum fusum Hartman, 1967 accepted as Clavodorum fusum (Hartman, 1967) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerodorum minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887) accepted as Sphaerodoridium minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129602 on 2026-10-04
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129602 on 2026-10-04
Date
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original description
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
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 182; note: for Ephesia peripatus [sensu] Claparede [details]
original description (of Ephesia Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 174-176 [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Reimers, Hans 1933. Morphologie der Polychaetengattung Sphaerodorum. Monographie. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 64(1): 41-110., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 182; note: for Ephesia peripatus [sensu] Claparede [details]
original description (of Ephesia Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 174-176 [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Reimers, Hans 1933. Morphologie der Polychaetengattung Sphaerodorum. Monographie. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 64(1): 41-110., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ephesiella) (from synonym Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerodorum)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Ephesia Rathke, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Ephesia Rathke, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (11 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits) (from synonym Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerodorum)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Ephesia Rathke, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Ephesia Rathke, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (11 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits) (from synonym Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919)
To ITIS