WoRMS name details
Hermione Blainville, 1828
182819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182819)
unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by Hermonia, subjective synonym to Laetmonice)
Genus
Halithea hystrix Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Hermione (Aphrogenia)
- Species Hermione (Aphrogenia) dolichoceras Haswell, 1883 accepted as Laetmonice dolichoceras (Haswell, 1883) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermione fallax Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Hermione hystricella Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1836
- Species Hermione kinbergi Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Hermione mathei Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Hermione bicolor Grube, 1875 accepted as Hermonia bicolor (Grube, 1875)
- Species Hermione brachyceras Haswell, 1883 accepted as Laetmonice brachyceras (Haswell, 1883) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermione chrysocoma Baird, 1865 accepted as Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird, 1865) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermione dolichoceras Haswell, 1883 accepted as Hermonia dolichoceras (Haswell, 1883) accepted as Laetmonice dolichoceras (Haswell, 1883) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermione erinaceus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Hermonia erinaceus Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Hermione hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Hermione macleari Haswell, 1883 accepted as Pontogenia macleari (Haswell, 1883) (superseded combination)
- Species Hermione malleata Grube, 1875 accepted as Hermonia malleata (Grube, 1875) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermione moluccana Horst, 1916 accepted as Laetmonice moluccana (Horst, 1916) (superseded combination)
- Species Hermione parva Horst, 1916 accepted as Laetmonice parva (Horst, 1916) (superseded original combination)
- Species Hermione ridgewayi Hornell, 1903 accepted as Hermonia malleata (Grube, 1875) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 457 [details]
page(s): 457 [details]
Etymology Female given name, in Greek mythology the daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes
Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia...
Etymology Female given name, in Greek mythology the daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes [details]
Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia...
Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia Hartman (1959) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hermione Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182819 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 457 [details]
page(s): 457 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditidae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revision of the Aphroditid genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 79: 95-108., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562769
page(s): 97; note: nomenclatural history given [details]
page(s): 97; note: nomenclatural history given [details]
Other
additional source
Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Female given name, in Greek mythology the daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes [details]Homonymy Junior homonym Hermione Blainville, 1828 is preoccupied by Hermione Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), and was replaced by Hermonia Hartman (1959) [details]
