WoRMS taxon details
Dinophilus vorticoides Schmidt, 1848
130002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130002)
accepted
Species
Dinophilus caudatus Levinsen, 1880 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Dinophilus metameroides Hallez, 1879 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Goniocarena capitata (Ørsted, 1844) Schmarda, 1859 · unaccepted
Spiroclytus capitata (Ørsted, 1844) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted (Graff (1882) no longer considers...)
Graff (1882) no longer considers the species a flatworm, and synonymizes it with Dinophilus vorticoides.
Vortex capitata Ørsted, 1844 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, Eduard Oscar. (1848). Neue Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer gesammelt auf einer Reise nach den Färör im Frühjahr 1848 [New contributions to the natural history of worms collected on a journey to the Faerör in the spring of 1848]. <em>[Booklet].</em> 44 pp., plates I-III, Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Maue, Jena., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=0as-AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 3-8, plate I figs. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, A, B, C [details]
page(s): 3-8, plate I figs. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, A, B, C [details]
Holotype , geounit Faroe Islands , Note Thorshavner [= Tórshavn] Bay, Faroe Islands,...
Holotype, geounit Faroe Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Thorshavner [= Tórshavn] Bay, Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic Ocean [gazetteer estimate 62.0073°, -6.7684°], in shore or shallow water sheltered from waves, under the windows of Governor Lunddahl ["unter den Fenstern des Herrn Landvogt Lunddahl"; assumed to be in Tinganes Peninsula, where many of the Faroese government buildings have been traditionally located], on the surface of stones, where they could be found in clusters of thirty to fifty specimens. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Dinophilus vorticoides Schmidt, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130002 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Schmidt, Eduard Oscar. (1848). Neue Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer gesammelt auf einer Reise nach den Färör im Frühjahr 1848 [New contributions to the natural history of worms collected on a journey to the Faerör in the spring of 1848]. <em>[Booklet].</em> 44 pp., plates I-III, Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Maue, Jena., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=0as-AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 3-8, plate I figs. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, A, B, C [details]
original description (of Vortex capitata Ørsted, 1844) Örsted, A.S. (1844). Entwurf einer systematischen Einteilung und speciellen Beschreibung der Plattwuermer auf microscopische Untersuchungen gegründet. <em>J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen.</em> 96 p., 3 taf. [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 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 Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
page(s): 3-8, plate I figs. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, A, B, C [details]
original description (of Vortex capitata Ørsted, 1844) Örsted, A.S. (1844). Entwurf einer systematischen Einteilung und speciellen Beschreibung der Plattwuermer auf microscopische Untersuchungen gegründet. <em>J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen.</em> 96 p., 3 taf. [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 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 Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Faroe Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Originally described in Rhabdocoelen Turbellarien, in Vermes, not in Annelida [details]Type locality Thorshavner [= Tórshavn] Bay, Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic Ocean [gazetteer estimate 62.0073°, -6.7684°], in shore or shallow water sheltered from waves, under the windows of Governor Lunddahl ["unter den Fenstern des Herrn Landvogt Lunddahl"; assumed to be in Tinganes Peninsula, where many of the Faroese government buildings have been traditionally located], on the surface of stones, where they could be found in clusters of thirty to fifty specimens. [details]
