WoRMS taxon details
Harmothoe vagabunda Pettibone, 1985
328280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328280)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). Polychaete worms from a cave in the Bahamas and from experimental wood panels in deep water of the North Atlantic (Polynoidae, Macellicephalinae, Harmothoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(1): 127-149., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648400
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Holotype USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of...
, Note Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Holotype USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands [details]
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe vagabunda Pettibone, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328280 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). Polychaete worms from a cave in the Bahamas and from experimental wood panels in deep water of the North Atlantic (Polynoidae, Macellicephalinae, Harmothoinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(1): 127-149., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648400
page(s): 146-148, figure 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 146-148, figure 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 81223, geounit Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin vagabundus, wandering, referring to its association with sunken pieces of wood [details]Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sera, off St. Croix, Virgin Islands [details]
