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Myriochele Malmgren, 1867

129426  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129426)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Polychaeta incertae sedis (Subclass)
  6. Oweniidae (Family)
  7. Myriochele (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Myriochele heeri Malmgren, 1867 (type by monotypy)
Myrioglobula Hartman, 1967 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Myriochele annenkovae Hartman, 1960
  2. Species Myriochele antarctica (Hartman, 1967)
  3. Species Myriochele antarctica Cantone & Di Pietro, 2001 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, secondary homonym to Myriochele antarctica (Hartman, 1967))
  4. Species Myriochele australiensis Capa, Parapar & Hutchings, 2012
  5. Species Myriochele australis (Grube, 1866)
  6. Species Myriochele danielsseni Hansen, 1878
  7. Species Myriochele gracilis Hartman, 1955
  8. Species Myriochele heeri Malmgren, 1867
  9. Species Myriochele heruensis Gibbs, 1971
  10. Species Myriochele islandica (Parapar, 2003)
  11. Species Myriochele japonica (Imajima & Morita, 1987)
  12. Species Myriochele joinvillensis Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989
  13. Species Myriochele longicollaris Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989
  14. Species Myriochele malmgreni (Parapar, 2006)
  15. Species Myriochele minor Caullery, 1944
  16. Species Myriochele olgae Blake, 2000
  17. Species Myriochele pacifica McIntosh, 1885
  18. Species Myriochele picta Southern, 1921
  19. Species Myriochele riojai Parapar, 2003
  20. Species Myriochele robusta Parapar, 2003
  21. Species Myriochele striolata Blake, 2000
  22. Species Myriochele eurystoma Caullery, 1944 accepted as Galathowenia eurystoma (Caullery, 1944) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  23. Species Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 accepted as Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985) (superseded original combination)
  24. Species Myriochele haplosoma Gibbs, 1972 accepted as Galathowenia haplosoma (Gibbs, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  25. Species Myriochele oculata Zachs, 1923 accepted as Galathowenia oculata (Zachs, 1923) (superseded original combination)
  26. Species Myriochele pacifica Annenkova, 1937 accepted as Myriochele annenkovae Hartman, 1960 (New name)
  27. Species Myriochele pygidialis Hartman, 1960 accepted as Galathowenia pygidialis (Hartman, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  28. Species Myriochele sarsii Hansen, 1879 accepted as Myriochele heeri Malmgren, 1867 (subjective synonym)
  29. Species Myriochele scotiae Hartman, 1978 accepted as Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978)
  30. Species Myriochele scottiae Hartman, 1978 accepted as Myriochele scotiae Hartman, 1978 accepted as Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978) (misspelling)
  31. Species Myriochele terranovensis Cantone & Di Pietro, 1998 accepted as Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978)
  32. Species Myriochele wilsoni (Blake, 1984) accepted as Galathowenia wilsoni Blake, 1984 accepted as Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 101 [details] 
Etymology Malmgren (1867: 101) has a footnote giving a Greek alphabet version of Myrio Chele, but he does not provide a translation. ...  
Etymology Malmgren (1867: 101) has a footnote giving a Greek alphabet version of Myrio Chele, but he does not provide a translation. In Greek 'myrio' means numberless, innumerable, and 'chele' (feminine) means claw, thus the compound means 'many claws' a reference to the dense hooks of Myriochele. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myriochele Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129426 on 2025-03-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2022-11-10 01:11:11Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2023-04-06 13:32:37Z
changed
Gil, João
2024-03-07 21:14:34Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 101 [details] 

original description (of Myrioglobula Hartman, 1967) Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source ICZN. (1991). Opinion 1636 [Case 2554]. Myriochele Malmgren, 1867 and Myriochele oculata Zaks, (Annelida, Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 48(2), 164-165., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12230839#184 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source Nilsen, Rune; Holthe, Torleif. (1989). Case 2554. Myriochele Malmgren, 1867 and Myriochele oculata Zaks, (Annelida, Polychaeta): proposed conservation. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 46(4): 229-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12230250 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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)
note: Checklist listing [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>[Book chapter].</em> 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  PDF available [request]

 
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Diagnosis Body short and thick, tapering at both ends (cigar-like). Head lacking appendages, with anterior end rounded. Mouth terminal or slightly elongated ventrally but without a ventral slit and developed lips on the sides. Anterior one to three segments uniramous, subsequent ones biramous. Notopodia with capillary and acicular chaetae (latter type often absent in anterior-most chaetigers). Neuropodial tori with uncini bearing two similar-sized teeth generally vertically arranged, but obliquely in some species. Diagnosis from Capa et al. (2012) [details]

Etymology Malmgren (1867: 101) has a footnote giving a Greek alphabet version of Myrio Chele, but he does not provide a translation. In Greek 'myrio' means numberless, innumerable, and 'chele' (feminine) means claw, thus the compound means 'many claws' a reference to the dense hooks of Myriochele. [details]

Grammatical gender Feminine as 'chele' is feminine in Greek. This is consistent with the endings used by subsequent authors. [details]
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