OCEAN-UKRAINE - Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856

BlackSea taxon details

Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856

AphiaID

129491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129491)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polynoinae Kinberg, 1856

Original name

Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856

Direct children (2)

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Species Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Harmothoe reticulata (Claparède, 1870)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 386 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2025) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129491 on 2026-05-14

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129491 on 2026-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2006-07-17 10:41:03Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-01-22 09:31:04Z

changed

Barnich, Ruth

2007-02-01 10:44:13Z

changed

Barnich, Ruth

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2021-06-09 23:23:00Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2023-02-25 17:33:30Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 386 [details]

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2000). Revision of the Mediterranean species of Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 and Lagisca Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. Journal of Natural History. 34(10): 1889-1938., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930050144783 [details] Available for editors

additional source Barnich, R.; Fiege, D.; Micaletto, G.; Gambi, M. C. (2006). Redescription of Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) and related species from Subantarctic and Antarctic waters, with the erection of a new genus. Journal of Natural History. 40(1-2): 33-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930500445044 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2009). Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa. 2104(1): 1-76., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2104.1.1 [details] Available for editors