North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Alkmaria Horst, 1919

AphiaID

129152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129152)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Hypania Ostroumoff, 1897

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919 accepted as Hypania romijni (Horst, 1919) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Ampharetinae Malmgren, 1866

Original name

Alkmaria Horst, 1919

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Species Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919 accepted as Hypania romijni (Horst, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Horst, Rutger. (1919). Twee sedentaire Polychaeten uit het brakke water var Nederland. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden). 5: 100-102., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318667
page(s): 100-101 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Alkmaria Horst, 1919. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129152 on 2026-05-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Alkmaria Horst, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129152 on 2026-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2006-09-05 06:52:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-12-08 19:21:32Z

changed

Reuscher, Michael

2026-01-20 23:29:36Z

changed

Gil, João

2026-04-14 04:13:46Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Horst, Rutger. (1919). Twee sedentaire Polychaeten uit het brakke water var Nederland. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden). 5: 100-102., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318667
page(s): 100-101 [details]

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)
note: Checklist listing [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

source of synonymy Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 479; note: Included by Jirkov (2001) under Hypania Ostroumow, 1897, along with Hypaniola, Microsamytha, and Parhypania [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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