WoRMS taxon details
Dimorphilus Worsaae, Kerbl, Vang & Gonzalez, 2021
1466577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1466577)
accepted
Genus
Dinophilus gyrociliatus O. Schmidt, 1857 accepted as Dimorphilus gyrociliatus (O. Schmidt, 1857) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Worsaae, Katrine; Kerbl, Alexandra; Vang, Áki; Gonzalez, Brett C. (2021). <b>Author Correction</b>: Broad North Atlantic distribution of a meiobenthic annelid – against all odds. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 11(1): 1-1., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86691-4
page(s): 1; note: This is the notice of correction to the absence of ZooBank registration in 2019. Normal practice would be to publish the name briefly in an ICZN compliant way here. Instead the authors & publisher cha...
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page(s): 1; note: This is the notice of correction to the absence of ZooBank registration in 2019. Normal practice would be to publish the name briefly in an ICZN compliant way here. Instead the authors & publisher cha...
This is the notice of correction to the absence of ZooBank registration in 2019. Normal practice would be to publish the name briefly in an ICZN compliant way here. Instead the authors & publisher changed the 2019 'version of record'.
[request]
Etymology Authors: "From Greek “dimorphos” (from di- ‘twice’ + morphē ‘form’), to account for the dimorphic sexes of ...
Taxonomic remark Membership of Dimorphilus. According to Worsaae et al (2021) "Besides from D. gyrociliatus, only D. kincaidi is currently...
Etymology Authors: "From Greek “dimorphos” (from di- ‘twice’ + morphē ‘form’), to account for the dimorphic sexes of the genus containing dwarf males, and from Greek “philos” (‘liking of ’) in accordance with the similar ending of the type genus Dinophilus. [details]
Taxonomic remark Membership of Dimorphilus. According to Worsaae et al (2021) "Besides from D. gyrociliatus, only D. kincaidi is currently...
Taxonomic remark Membership of Dimorphilus. According to Worsaae et al (2021) "Besides from D. gyrociliatus, only D. kincaidi is currently regarded a valid species within Dimorphilus based on morphology. Several [Dinophilus] species have been considered invalid due to poor descriptions and doubtful resemblance to dinophilid annelids [ Nelson, 1957], often representing platyhelminths instead, e.g., D. sphaerocephalus Schmarda, 1861, D. borealis Diesing, 1862 and D. rostratus Schultz, 1902. However, species of Dimorphilus (especially D. gyrociliatus) have been reported from multiple disjunct localities around the world, some of which may represent genetically distinct species. For example, Dimorphilus apatris (Korschelt, 1882) and D. conklini (Nelson, 1907) were regarded junior synonyms to D. gyrociliatus due to morphological similarity, but may in the future show to represent genetically separate species." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Dimorphilus Worsaae, Kerbl, Vang & Gonzalez, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1466577 on 2024-11-10
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original description
Worsaae, Katrine; Kerbl, Alexandra; Vang, Áki; Gonzalez, Brett C. (2021). <b>Author Correction</b>: Broad North Atlantic distribution of a meiobenthic annelid – against all odds. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 11(1): 1-1., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86691-4
page(s): 1; note: This is the notice of correction to the absence of ZooBank registration in 2019. Normal practice would be to publish the name briefly in an ICZN compliant way here. Instead the authors & publisher cha...
[details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Worsaae, Katrine; Kerbl, Alexandra; Vang, Áki; Gonzalez, Brett C. (2021). Broad North Atlantic distribution of a meiobenthic annelid – against all odds. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 9(1): 15497 1-13., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51765-
page(s): 6 of 13; note: Online 2019 without ZooBank. Notice of correction and a corrected version published 31 March, 2021 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1; note: This is the notice of correction to the absence of ZooBank registration in 2019. Normal practice would be to publish the name briefly in an ICZN compliant way here. Instead the authors & publisher cha...
This is the notice of correction to the absence of ZooBank registration in 2019. Normal practice would be to publish the name briefly in an ICZN compliant way here. Instead the authors & publisher changed the 2019 'version of record'.
[request]taxonomy source Worsaae, Katrine; Kerbl, Alexandra; Vang, Áki; Gonzalez, Brett C. (2021). Broad North Atlantic distribution of a meiobenthic annelid – against all odds. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 9(1): 15497 1-13., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51765-
page(s): 6 of 13; note: Online 2019 without ZooBank. Notice of correction and a corrected version published 31 March, 2021 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Females with hyaline body with dark red pigmented kidney-shaped eyespots. Prostomium with two dorsally incomplete transverse ciliary bands. Six trunk segments, each with single transverse ciliary band. Strongly dimorphic dwarf males with minute round bodies, no distinct body regions or segmentation, presence of anterior, ventral and posterior ciliation and a muscular copulatory organ. Female life cycle completed within three weeks, males within a week. [details]Etymology Authors: "From Greek “dimorphos” (from di- ‘twice’ + morphē ‘form’), to account for the dimorphic sexes of the genus containing dwarf males, and from Greek “philos” (‘liking of ’) in accordance with the similar ending of the type genus Dinophilus. [details]
Publication date The publication date of Dimorphilus Worsaae, Kerbl, Vang & Gonzalez is 31 March 2021, not 2019, due to the absence of a ZooBank registration in 2019, remedied in 2021 [details]
Taxonomic remark Membership of Dimorphilus. According to Worsaae et al (2021) "Besides from D. gyrociliatus, only D. kincaidi is currently regarded a valid species within Dimorphilus based on morphology. Several [Dinophilus] species have been considered invalid due to poor descriptions and doubtful resemblance to dinophilid annelids [ Nelson, 1957], often representing platyhelminths instead, e.g., D. sphaerocephalus Schmarda, 1861, D. borealis Diesing, 1862 and D. rostratus Schultz, 1902. However, species of Dimorphilus (especially D. gyrociliatus) have been reported from multiple disjunct localities around the world, some of which may represent genetically distinct species. For example, Dimorphilus apatris (Korschelt, 1882) and D. conklini (Nelson, 1907) were regarded junior synonyms to D. gyrociliatus due to morphological similarity, but may in the future show to represent genetically separate species." [details]
