WoRMS name details
Hydroides (Eucarphus) dirampha Mörch, 1863 [original]
338007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338007)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft [details]
Type locality contained in Saint Thomas
, Note St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands,...
[details]
type locality contained in Saint Thomas [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles (“in portu urbis St. Thomae Antillarum”), most likely the St Thomas port town of Charlotte Amalie. Geolocation indefinitely known (near to 18.34°, -64.92° if harbour at Charlotte Amalie).[details]
Etymology Not stated, but for H. dirampha Mörch describes “utrinque inflexione obsoleta, unde lateraliter adunco-rostrato”,...
Etymology Not stated, but for H. dirampha Mörch describes “utrinque inflexione obsoleta, unde lateraliter adunco-rostrato”, evidently referring to the twin sharp lateral points of the blunt tip of the verticil spines, from Greek δις (dis) ‘twice’, and ραμφος (rampos) ‘beak’, modified to New Latin rhamphus or ramphus, forming dirampha. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides (Eucarphus) dirampha Mörch, 1863 [original]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338007 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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.
page(s): 578; note: To Eupomatus dirampha [details] Available for editors
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redescription Bastida-Zavala, Jose Rolando and ten Hove, Harry A. 2002. Revision of Hydroides Gunnerus, 1768 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Western Atlantic Region. Beaufortia, 52(9): 103-178.
page(s): 161 [details]
status source Zibrowius, H. (1970). Contribution à l'étude de Serpulidae (Polychaete Sédentaire) du Brésil. <em>Boletim do Instituto oceanográfico, Sao Paulo.</em> 19: 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S0373-55241970000100001
page(s): 5; note: Usage as H. dirampha, with description and mention of probable synonyms [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 578; note: To Eupomatus dirampha [details] Available for editors

redescription Bastida-Zavala, Jose Rolando and ten Hove, Harry A. 2002. Revision of Hydroides Gunnerus, 1768 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Western Atlantic Region. Beaufortia, 52(9): 103-178.
page(s): 161 [details]
status source Zibrowius, H. (1970). Contribution à l'étude de Serpulidae (Polychaete Sédentaire) du Brésil. <em>Boletim do Instituto oceanográfico, Sao Paulo.</em> 19: 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S0373-55241970000100001
page(s): 5; note: Usage as H. dirampha, with description and mention of probable synonyms [details] Available for editors

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From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but for H. dirampha Mörch describes “utrinque inflexione obsoleta, unde lateraliter adunco-rostrato”, evidently referring to the twin sharp lateral points of the blunt tip of the verticil spines, from Greek δις (dis) ‘twice’, and ραμφος (rampos) ‘beak’, modified to New Latin rhamphus or ramphus, forming dirampha. [details]Type locality St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles (“in portu urbis St. Thomae Antillarum”), most likely the St Thomas port town of Charlotte Amalie. Geolocation indefinitely known (near to 18.34°, -64.92° if harbour at Charlotte Amalie).
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