WoRMS taxon details
Irmula Ehlers, 1913
195965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195965)
accepted
Genus
Irmula spissipes Ehlers, 1913 (type by monotypy)
- Species Irmula spissipes Ehlers, 1913
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar- Expedition, 1901-1903. <i>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski Leiter Expedition</i>, 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 468 [details]
page(s): 468 [details]
Etymology The new generic name is composed by the name of the genus Irma Grube, 1878 (Hesionidae) followed by the Latin suffix -ula,...
Taxonomy The genus was originally erected in the family Hesionidae by Ehlers (1913: 468), and later moved to Syllidae by Day (1967:...
Distribution This genus has been cited in some ecological lists for the Mediterranean area. Since no taxonomic re-descriptions from...
Etymology The new generic name is composed by the name of the genus Irma Grube, 1878 (Hesionidae) followed by the Latin suffix -ula, meaning 'small one'. It refers to the similarities of the new genus with the genus Irma, and also to the characteristic short segments of the new taxon: "Ich halte für diese Hesionide die Aufstellung einer in die Nähe der Gattung Irma zu stellenden neuen Gattung für geboten. Habituell ist für das Tier die Kürze der Segmente charakteristisch" (Ehlers, 1913: 469). [details]
Taxonomy The genus was originally erected in the family Hesionidae by Ehlers (1913: 468), and later moved to Syllidae by Day (1967:...
Taxonomy The genus was originally erected in the family Hesionidae by Ehlers (1913: 468), and later moved to Syllidae by Day (1967: 266). Fauchald (1977: 83, 84) and Pleijel (1998: 159) retained Irmula in the Syllidae. [details]
Distribution This genus has been cited in some ecological lists for the Mediterranean area. Since no taxonomic re-descriptions from...
Distribution This genus has been cited in some ecological lists for the Mediterranean area. Since no taxonomic re-descriptions from European waters are up to now available we herein consider its presence doubt. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Irmula Ehlers, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195965 on 2024-11-09
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Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar- Expedition, 1901-1903. <i>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski Leiter Expedition</i>, 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 468 [details]
taxonomy source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 266; note: genus moved from Hesionidae to Syllidae [details]
basis of record Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x
page(s): 159 [details] Available for editors [request]
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
page(s): 83, 84 [details]
page(s): 468 [details]
taxonomy source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 266; note: genus moved from Hesionidae to Syllidae [details]
basis of record Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x
page(s): 159 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
page(s): 83, 84 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1913: 468): "Hesionide mit drei fadenförmigen, ungegliederten Fühlern und zwei dicken, ungegliederten Palpen am vieräugigen Kopflappen, mit sechs Paar Fühlercirren, mit einästigem Ruder, mit starkem, dorsalem Zahn in der Rüsselröhre." [details]Etymology The new generic name is composed by the name of the genus Irma Grube, 1878 (Hesionidae) followed by the Latin suffix -ula, meaning 'small one'. It refers to the similarities of the new genus with the genus Irma, and also to the characteristic short segments of the new taxon: "Ich halte für diese Hesionide die Aufstellung einer in die Nähe der Gattung Irma zu stellenden neuen Gattung für geboten. Habituell ist für das Tier die Kürze der Segmente charakteristisch" (Ehlers, 1913: 469). [details]
Taxonomy The genus was originally erected in the family Hesionidae by Ehlers (1913: 468), and later moved to Syllidae by Day (1967: 266). Fauchald (1977: 83, 84) and Pleijel (1998: 159) retained Irmula in the Syllidae. [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution This genus has been cited in some ecological lists for the Mediterranean area. Since no taxonomic re-descriptions from European waters are up to now available we herein consider its presence doubt. [details]
