WoRMS taxon details
Vampiropolynoe Marcus & Hourdez, 2002
326069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326069)
accepted
Genus
Vampiropolynoe embleyi Marcus & Hourdez, 2002 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Marcus, Jean and Hourdez, Stephane 2002. A new species of scale-worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, northeast Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 115(2): 341-349.
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
Etymology Vampiro is from the English vampire, in reference to the fang-like appearance of the acicular lobes on the first segment...
Etymology Vampiro is from the English vampire, in reference to the fang-like appearance of the acicular lobes on the first segment and papillae at the mouth, and polynoe is taken from the family name Polynoidae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Vampiropolynoe Marcus & Hourdez, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326069 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Marcus, Jean and Hourdez, Stephane 2002. A new species of scale-worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, northeast Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 115(2): 341-349.
page(s): 342 [details]
taxonomy source Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 342 [details]
taxonomy source Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology Vampiro is from the English vampire, in reference to the fang-like appearance of the acicular lobes on the first segment and papillae at the mouth, and polynoe is taken from the family name Polynoidae. [details]
