WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
129600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129600)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerodorum claparedii Greeff, 1866 accepted as Sphaerodoridium claparedii (Greeff, 1866) (type by original designation)
- Species Sphaerodoridium amoureuxi (Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2005)
- Species Sphaerodoridium balticum (Reimers, 1933)
- Species Sphaerodoridium bisphaeroserialis Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- Species Sphaerodoridium campanulata Borowski, 1994
- Species Sphaerodoridium celiae Moreira, Capa & Parapar in Capa et al, 2019
- Species Sphaerodoridium claparedii (Greeff, 1866)
- Species Sphaerodoridium gudmunduri (Moreira & Parapar, 2012)
- Species Sphaerodoridium guerritai Moreira & Parapar, 2015
- Species Sphaerodoridium guilbaulti Rullier, 1974
- Species Sphaerodoridium japonicum Ozolinsh, 1987
- Species Sphaerodoridium katchemakensis (Kudenov, 1987)
- Species Sphaerodoridium longesetosa Averincev, 1972
- Species Sphaerodoridium longiparapodium Katzmann, 1973
- Species Sphaerodoridium lutzeni Kudenov, 1987
- Species Sphaerodoridium minutum (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Species Sphaerodoridium multipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- Species Sphaerodoridium octopapillatum Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Sphaerodoridium paracapense Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- Species Sphaerodoridium simplex Amoureux, Rulllier & Fishelsohn, 1978
- Species Sphaerodoridium songkhlaense Plathong, Plathong & Capa, 2020
- Species Sphaerodoridium uzintunensis (Kudenov, 1987)
- Species Sphaerodoridium antarcticum (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Ephesiella antarctica (McIntosh, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium benguellarum (Day, 1963) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis benguellarum (Day, 1963) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium biserialis (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1944) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis biserialis (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1944) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium capense (Day, 1963) accepted as Euritmia capensis (Day, 1963) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium claparedeii [auct. lapsus] accepted as Sphaerodoridium claparedii (Greeff, 1866) (spelling error in a checklist)
- Species Sphaerodoridium commensalis Lützen, 1961 accepted as Commensodorum commensalis (Lützen, 1961) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium fauchaldi Hartmann-Schröder, 1993 accepted as Clavodorum kristiani Capa, Nygren, Parapar, Bakken, Meißner & Moreira, 2019 (superseded original combination, given replacement name due to secondary homonymy in new genus)
- Species Sphaerodoridium gracilis (Rathke, 1843) accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (Lapsus? Dubious Hartman catalogue combination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium malayana (Augener, 1933) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis malayana (Augener, 1933) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium parvum (Ehlers, 1913) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis parva (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium philippi (Fauvel, 1911) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis philippi (Fauvel, 1911) (synonym)
- Species Sphaerodoridium sphaerulifer (Moore, 1909) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis sphaerulifer (Moore, 1909) (superseded recombination)
- Species Sphaerodoridium spissum (Benham, 1921) accepted as Sphaerodoropsis spissum (Benham, 1921) (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Lützen, Jörgen. (1961). Sur une nouvelle espèce de polychète <i>Sphaerodoridium commensalis</i> n. gen., n. spec. (Polychaeta Errantia, famille des Sphaerodoridae) vivant en commensal de <i>Terebellides stroemi</i> Sars. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 2(4): 409-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.635247C6
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129600 on 2025-07-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Lützen, Jörgen. (1961). Sur une nouvelle espèce de polychète <i>Sphaerodoridium commensalis</i> n. gen., n. spec. (Polychaeta Errantia, famille des Sphaerodoridae) vivant en commensal de <i>Terebellides stroemi</i> Sars. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 2(4): 409-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.635247C6
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Moreira, Juan; Parapar, Julio. (2015). A new species of <em>Sphaerodoridium</em> Lützen, 1961 from Iceland (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3911(1): 91-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.5
note: Tabulation of species of Sphaerodoridium [details]
note: Tabulation of species of Sphaerodoridium [details]
Other
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Grammatical gender Neuter. Several of the species names are correctly originally neuter, eg 'capense' and 'balticum' and 'japonicum', but some authors have used feminine suffixes. The combinations presented by Lützen indicate he considered the genus as of neuter gender. [details]Unreviewed
Authority Lützen, 1961, restr. Fauchald, 1974 [details]
