WoRMS taxon details
Hermundura tricuspis Müller, 1858
337595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337595)
accepted
Species
Parandalia tricuspis (Müller, 1858) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, F. (1858). Einiges über die Annelidenfauna der Insel Santa Catharina an der brasilianischen Küste. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 24(1): 211-220, plates VI-VII. (Aus einer brieflichen Mittheilung an Prof. Grube)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7460059
page(s): 216, plate VII figs. 19-21 [details]
page(s): 216, plate VII figs. 19-21 [details]
Neotype USNM 123092, geounit Santa Catarina
, Note The species was originally described from...
Neotype USNM 123092, geounit Santa Catarina [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality The species was originally described from Santa Catarina Island (Atlantic Ocean, Brazil). Neotype described from: Southwest Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, State of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina Island, Santo Antônio de Lisboa (27º30'24''S, 48º31'06''W), shallow subtidal, muddy coarse sand. [details]
Depth range Shallow subtidal.
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Santa Catarina Island (State of Santa Catarina, Brazil).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet tricuspis is a Latin adjective meaning 'tricuspid' or 'having three points', and...
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (1990) redescribed Hermundura tricuspis as Parandalia tricuspis, and designated a neotype.
Depth range Shallow subtidal. [details]
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Santa Catarina Island (State of Santa Catarina, Brazil).
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Santa Catarina Island (State of Santa Catarina, Brazil). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet tricuspis is a Latin adjective meaning 'tricuspid' or 'having three points', and...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet tricuspis is a Latin adjective meaning 'tricuspid' or 'having three points', and presumably refers to the pygidium of the species, which is described and pictured as having three anal cirri, two lateral, and one shorter unpaired median cirrus: "Zwei seitlich abstehende und ein kurzer unpaariger Aftercirrus (Taf. VII. Fig. 20)" (Müller, 1858: 216; see also plate VII fig. 20). [details]
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (1990) redescribed Hermundura tricuspis as Parandalia tricuspis, and designated a neotype.
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (1990) redescribed Hermundura tricuspis as Parandalia tricuspis, and designated a neotype. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hermundura tricuspis Müller, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337595 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, F. (1858). Einiges über die Annelidenfauna der Insel Santa Catharina an der brasilianischen Küste. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 24(1): 211-220, plates VI-VII. (Aus einer brieflichen Mittheilung an Prof. Grube)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7460059
page(s): 216, plate VII figs. 19-21 [details]
new combination reference Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (1990). Redescriptions of <i>Sigambra grubii</i> Müller, 1858 and <i>Hermundura tricuspis</i> Müller, 1858 from Brazil and designation of neotypes (Polychaeta: Pilargidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 24(2): 507-517., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770351
page(s): 512-515, figs. 3, 4D-F; note: as Parandalia tricuspis; redescription and neotype designation [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 216, plate VII figs. 19-21 [details]
new combination reference Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (1990). Redescriptions of <i>Sigambra grubii</i> Müller, 1858 and <i>Hermundura tricuspis</i> Müller, 1858 from Brazil and designation of neotypes (Polychaeta: Pilargidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 24(2): 507-517., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770351
page(s): 512-515, figs. 3, 4D-F; note: as Parandalia tricuspis; redescription and neotype designation [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Ribeiro, Rannyele Passos; Barbosa, Aline Da Cruz; Freitas, Roberta; Zanol, Joana; Glasby, Christopher J.; Ruta, Christine. (2020). Pilargidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from coastal and deep waters of the Southwestern Atlantic, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4878(1): 56-76., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4878.1.2
page(s): 68, figures 9A-D; note: Records and description for Campos Basin, Brazil [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hocknull, Shona. (2010). New records and a new species of <i>Hermundura</i> Müller, 1858, the senior synonym of <i>Loandalia</i> Monro, 1936 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Pilargidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 26: 57-67., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=822715507892788;res=IELHSS
page(s): 59-60 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 68, figures 9A-D; note: Records and description for Campos Basin, Brazil [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hocknull, Shona. (2010). New records and a new species of <i>Hermundura</i> Müller, 1858, the senior synonym of <i>Loandalia</i> Monro, 1936 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Pilargidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 26: 57-67., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=822715507892788;res=IELHSS
page(s): 59-60 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype USNM 123092, geounit Santa Catarina [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow subtidal. [details]Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Santa Catarina Island (State of Santa Catarina, Brazil). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet tricuspis is a Latin adjective meaning 'tricuspid' or 'having three points', and presumably refers to the pygidium of the species, which is described and pictured as having three anal cirri, two lateral, and one shorter unpaired median cirrus: "Zwei seitlich abstehende und ein kurzer unpaariger Aftercirrus (Taf. VII. Fig. 20)" (Müller, 1858: 216; see also plate VII fig. 20). [details]
Habitat Muddy coarse sand, at shallow subtidal. [details]
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (1990) redescribed Hermundura tricuspis as Parandalia tricuspis, and designated a neotype. [details]
Type locality The species was originally described from Santa Catarina Island (Atlantic Ocean, Brazil). Neotype described from: Southwest Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, State of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina Island, Santo Antônio de Lisboa (27º30'24''S, 48º31'06''W), shallow subtidal, muddy coarse sand. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Parandalia tricuspis (Müller, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Parandalia tricuspis (Müller, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Parandalia tricuspis (Müller, 1858))
