WoRMS taxon details
Thormora Baird, 1865
206602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206602)
accepted
Genus
Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (type by monotypy)
Lepidonotus (Thormora) (Baird, 1865) · unaccepted (superseded re-ranking)
Thormora (Lepidonotus) [auct.] · unaccepted (invalid genus subgenus pair)
- Species Thormora argus (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Thormora johnstoni (Kinberg, 1856)
- Species Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865
- Species Thormora notata (Hoagland, 1919)
- Species Thormora salvati Rullier, 1972
- Species Thormora setosior (Chamberlin, 1919)
- Species Thormora socialis (Kinberg, 1856)
- Species Thormora taeniata (Ehlers, 1887)
- Species Thormora versicolor (Ehlers, 1901)
- Subgenus Thormora (Lepidonotus) [auct.] accepted as Thormora Baird, 1865 (invalid genus subgenus pair)
- Species Thormora (Lepidonotus) dentatus [auct.] accepted as Lepidonotus dentatus Okuda in Okuda & Yamada, 1954 represented as Lepidonotus (Lepidonotus) dentatus Okuda in Okuda & Yamada, 1954 (based on an invalid genus subgenus pair)
- Species Thormora (Lepidonotus) johnstoni (Kinberg, 1856) accepted as Thormora johnstoni (Kinberg, 1856) (superseded subsequent combination using an impossible subgenus)
- Species Thormora jukesi [auctt.] accepted as Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (misspelling)
- Species Thormora trissochaetus (Grube, 1870) accepted as Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 199 [details]
page(s): 199 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Thormora Baird, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206602 on 2024-11-21
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Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 199 [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]
page(s): 199 [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Baird 1865: "Bases of antennae produced from the anterior margin of the cephalic lobe ; elytra 12 pairs, not covering the middle of the back, and leaving the posterior segments of the body naked ; setae of dorsal branch of feet of two kinds ; body elongated." Baird explains that Thormora is similar to Lepidonotus but distinct because the elytra decrease in size posteriorly, and there are two types of notochaetae. These are weak distinctions, but subsequent authors have maintained the genus. [details]