WoRMS name details
Heteromaldane aequalis Ehlers, 1908
335293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335293)
unaccepted (incertae sedis, recombined but doubtfully)
Species
Heteromaldane Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Maldane Grube, 1860
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 133-134, plate XVIII figs. 5-10 [details]
page(s): 133-134, plate XVIII figs. 5-10 [details]
Holotype ZMB MOLL unknown, geounit Somalia
, Note Off Somalia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean. ...
Holotype ZMB MOLL unknown, geounit Somalia [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Somalia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean. Valdivia Station 258. 2.9667, 46.8333 (2 58' N., 46 50' E). 1362 m. 6" C. Pteropoden-Schlamm unter der ostafrikanischen Küste. [details]
Taxonomy Inadequately known. Arwidsson (1922: 42) examined the type and determines it is a headless Maldane mistakenly interpreted...
Taxonomy Inadequately known. Arwidsson (1922: 42) examined the type and determines it is a headless Maldane mistakenly interpreted by Ehlers (1898) with the posterior end figured as the head end, thus explaining the inverted placement of uncini and capillary fascicles to all other maldanids. Here is the comment by Arwidsson (1922):
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In 1919 (34, p. 409) CHAMBERLIN proposed a new sub-family Heteromaldaninae for Heteromaldane aequalis EHLERS 1908. EHLERS' description shows, however, that we have simply to do with a Maldane-species. The original specimen lacked the head and the 1st setigerous segment, as is seen in the figure and as verified by myself in Dec. 1908, when through the kindness of Prof. EHLERS I was able to investigate his material. The posterior end is described as the anterior one and at the same time the animal was turned upside down, i. e. we have before us the same mistake which GRUBE made in 1860 in describing Maldane glebifex, the type of the genus. As Heteromaldane now unfortunately has given rise to a new sub-family, I wish to touch on this matter. In any case both the genus Heteromaldane EHLERS and the sub-fam. Heteromaldaninae CHAMBERLIN must be cancelled. "
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In 1919 (34, p. 409) CHAMBERLIN proposed a new sub-family Heteromaldaninae for Heteromaldane aequalis EHLERS 1908. EHLERS' description shows, however, that we have simply to do with a Maldane-species. The original specimen lacked the head and the 1st setigerous segment, as is seen in the figure and as verified by myself in Dec. 1908, when through the kindness of Prof. EHLERS I was able to investigate his material. The posterior end is described as the anterior one and at the same time the animal was turned upside down, i. e. we have before us the same mistake which GRUBE made in 1860 in describing Maldane glebifex, the type of the genus. As Heteromaldane now unfortunately has given rise to a new sub-family, I wish to touch on this matter. In any case both the genus Heteromaldane EHLERS and the sub-fam. Heteromaldaninae CHAMBERLIN must be cancelled. "
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Heteromaldane aequalis Ehlers, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335293 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 133-134, plate XVIII figs. 5-10 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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status source Arwidsson, Ivar 1922. Systematic notes on some maldanids. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar, 63(7): 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41850010
page(s): 42; note: Arwidsson examined type and determines it is a headless Maldane that Ehlers (1898) had mistakenly interpreted the posterior end as the head end, thus explaining the inverted placement of uncini and ca...
[details]
page(s): 133-134, plate XVIII figs. 5-10 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Arwidsson, Ivar 1922. Systematic notes on some maldanids. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar, 63(7): 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41850010
page(s): 42; note: Arwidsson examined type and determines it is a headless Maldane that Ehlers (1898) had mistakenly interpreted the posterior end as the head end, thus explaining the inverted placement of uncini and ca...
Arwidsson examined type and determines it is a headless Maldane that Ehlers (1898) had mistakenly interpreted the posterior end as the head end, thus explaining the inverted placement of uncini and capillary fascicles to all other maldanids.
Holotype ZMB MOLL unknown, geounit Somalia [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Inadequately known. Arwidsson (1922: 42) examined the type and determines it is a headless Maldane mistakenly interpreted by Ehlers (1898) with the posterior end figured as the head end, thus explaining the inverted placement of uncini and capillary fascicles to all other maldanids. Here is the comment by Arwidsson (1922):"
In 1919 (34, p. 409) CHAMBERLIN proposed a new sub-family Heteromaldaninae for Heteromaldane aequalis EHLERS 1908. EHLERS' description shows, however, that we have simply to do with a Maldane-species. The original specimen lacked the head and the 1st setigerous segment, as is seen in the figure and as verified by myself in Dec. 1908, when through the kindness of Prof. EHLERS I was able to investigate his material. The posterior end is described as the anterior one and at the same time the animal was turned upside down, i. e. we have before us the same mistake which GRUBE made in 1860 in describing Maldane glebifex, the type of the genus. As Heteromaldane now unfortunately has given rise to a new sub-family, I wish to touch on this matter. In any case both the genus Heteromaldane EHLERS and the sub-fam. Heteromaldaninae CHAMBERLIN must be cancelled. "
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Type locality Off Somalia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean. Valdivia Station 258. 2.9667, 46.8333 (2 58' N., 46 50' E). 1362 m. 6" C. Pteropoden-Schlamm unter der ostafrikanischen Küste. [details]
