WoRMS taxon details
Tomopteris nisseni Rosa, 1908
131562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131562)
accepted
Species
Tomopteris idiura Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Tomopteris innatans Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Tomopteris longisetis Treadwell, 1936 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Tomopteris opaca Treadwell, 1928 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rosa, Daniele 1908 (1911?). Annelidi pt. 1. Tomopteridi. Raccolte planctoniche fatte dalla R. Nave "Liguria" nel viaggio di circonnavigazione del 1903-1905 sotto il commando di S.A.R. Luigi di Savoia, Duca degli Abruzzi. 1(5): 245-327. [Liguria Expedition report series as published in "Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze; Sezione di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali"] , available online at http://www.annelida.net/translation/transl.html#rosa-1908 [details]
Type locality contained in North Atlantic
, Note Atlantic Ocean, northern section
type locality contained in North Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, northern section [details]
Distribution North America - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution North America - Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tomopteris nisseni Rosa, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131562 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Rosa, Daniele 1908 (1911?). Annelidi pt. 1. Tomopteridi. Raccolte planctoniche fatte dalla R. Nave "Liguria" nel viaggio di circonnavigazione del 1903-1905 sotto il commando di S.A.R. Luigi di Savoia, Duca degli Abruzzi. 1(5): 245-327. [Liguria Expedition report series as published in "Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze; Sezione di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali"] , available online at http://www.annelida.net/translation/transl.html#rosa-1908 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris idiura 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): 161-162, plate 27 figs. 4-6 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris innatans 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): 159-160, plate 27 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris longisetis Treadwell, 1936) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1936). Polychaetous annelids from the vicinity of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. <em>Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 21(1): 49-68, plates I-III., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096347
page(s): 58-59, plate II figs. 18-21 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris opaca Treadwell, 1928) Treadwell, Aaron L. (1928). Polychaetous annelids from the Arcturus Oceanographic Expedition. <em>Zoologica, New York.</em> 8(8): 449-485., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51020852
page(s): 463-464, fig. 178: 29 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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]
original description (of Tomopteris idiura 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): 161-162, plate 27 figs. 4-6 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris innatans 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): 159-160, plate 27 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris longisetis Treadwell, 1936) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1936). Polychaetous annelids from the vicinity of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. <em>Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 21(1): 49-68, plates I-III., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096347
page(s): 58-59, plate II figs. 18-21 [details]
original description (of Tomopteris opaca Treadwell, 1928) Treadwell, Aaron L. (1928). Polychaetous annelids from the Arcturus Oceanographic Expedition. <em>Zoologica, New York.</em> 8(8): 449-485., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51020852
page(s): 463-464, fig. 178: 29 [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Suarez-Morales, Eduardo; Jimenez-Cueto, Soledad; and Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. 2005. Catalogo de los Poliquetos Pelagicos (Polychaeta) del Golfo de Mexico y Mar Caribe Mexicano. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal: 1-99 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Berkeley, Edith. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda oceanographic expeditions. III. Notes on Polychaeta. <em>Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, The Society The Zoological Park, New York.</em> 21(6): 85-87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096397 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl 1948. Polychaeta from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 5(8): 1-91., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors

additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl 1948. Polychaeta from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 5(8): 1-91., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors






Unreviewed
Distribution North America - Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, northern section [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Tomopteris idiura Chamberlin, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Tomopteris innatans Chamberlin, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Tomopteris idiura Chamberlin, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Tomopteris innatans Chamberlin, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)