WoRMS taxon details
Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
130769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130769)
accepted
Species
Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita lepidota minuta Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita violacea Strøm, 1768 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe hartmanae Pettibone, 1948 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe imbricata incerta (Bobretzky, 1881) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lepidonote cirrata Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe (Harmothoe) imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) · alternative representation (superseded recombination)
Polynoe complanata Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe incerta Bobretzky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Harmothoe imbricata incerta (Bobretzky, 1881) accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Type locality contained in West Europe
type locality contained in West Europe [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Arctic; Labrador to New Jersey; Bering Sea to s. California; Japan, Yellow Sea, Indian Ocean; Iceland and Norway to...
Distribution Arctic; Labrador to New Jersey; Bering Sea to s. California; Japan, Yellow Sea, Indian Ocean; Iceland and Norway to Mediterranean and Adriatic [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130769 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888) Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1888). Les annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Seconde partie. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris.</em> Série 7, 5(2): 141-338, plates VI-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33078545 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe hartmanae Pettibone, 1948) Pettibone, Marian H. 1948. Two new species of polychaete worms of the family Polynoidae from Puget Sound and San Juan Archipelago. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 38(12): 412-414. [details]
original description (of Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865) Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1937. Polychaetous annelids collected by Captain Robert A. Bartlett in Greenland, Fox Basin, and Labrador. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 27(1): 23-36.
page(s): 26-27, figures 1-5 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lepidonote cirrata Örsted, 1843) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198
page(s): 166-167, plate I figs. 1, 5-6, 11, 14-15 [details]
original description (of Polynoe complanata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Polynoe incerta Bobretzky, 1881) Bobretzky, N. (1881). Dopolnenia k faune Annelid Chernogo morya [Additions/supplement to the annelid fauna of the Black Sea]. <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 6(2): 183-212, plates 6 & 7., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100422735 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall [details]
original description (of Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788) Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characteristic differences, synonyms, and places.]. <em>Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae.</em> 1(5-6):2225-3909., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896589 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita violacea Strøm, 1768) Strøm H. (1768). Beskrivelse over Norske Insecter. Andet Stykke. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, Kjobenhavn.</em> 4: 313-371, pl. 16., available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN481641912_0004
page(s): 366 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita lepidota minuta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe hartmanae Pettibone, 1948) Pettibone, Marian H. 1948. Two new species of polychaete worms of the family Polynoidae from Puget Sound and San Juan Archipelago. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 38(12): 412-414. [details]
original description (of Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865) Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1937. Polychaetous annelids collected by Captain Robert A. Bartlett in Greenland, Fox Basin, and Labrador. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 27(1): 23-36.
page(s): 26-27, figures 1-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lepidonote cirrata Örsted, 1843) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198
page(s): 166-167, plate I figs. 1, 5-6, 11, 14-15 [details]
original description (of Polynoe complanata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Polynoe incerta Bobretzky, 1881) Bobretzky, N. (1881). Dopolnenia k faune Annelid Chernogo morya [Additions/supplement to the annelid fauna of the Black Sea]. <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 6(2): 183-212, plates 6 & 7., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100422735 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall [details]
original description (of Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788) Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characteristic differences, synonyms, and places.]. <em>Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae.</em> 1(5-6):2225-3909., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896589 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita violacea Strøm, 1768) Strøm H. (1768). Beskrivelse over Norske Insecter. Andet Stykke. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, Kjobenhavn.</em> 4: 313-371, pl. 16., available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN481641912_0004
page(s): 366 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita lepidota minuta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 29-31, figure 14 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Ruff, R. Eugene. (1995). Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867. 105-166. IN: Blake, James A., Hilbig, Brigitte, and Scott, Paul H. (Ed.). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 29-31, figure 14 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Ruff, R. Eugene. (1995). Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867. 105-166. IN: Blake, James A., Hilbig, Brigitte, and Scott, Paul H. (Ed.). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara. [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Tebble, Norman; Chambers, Susan. (1982). Polychaetes from Scottish Waters, Part 1. Family Polynoidae. <em>Royal Scottish Museum Studies.</em> [unnumbered] : 1-73.
page(s): 30-31, figures 7, 31 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 30-31, figures 7, 31 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
context source (Schelde) van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). <em>Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg.</em> 64 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nygren, Arne; Norlinder, Erika; Panova, Marina ; Pleijel, Fredrik. (2011). Colour polymorphism in the polychaete Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 7(1): 54 - 62., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451001003713555 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source David, Andrew A.; Cahill, Jordan. (2020). Tri-oceanic connectivity of the supposedly cosmopolitan polychaete, Harmothoe imbricata (Annelida: Polynoidae): insights from the COI marker. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 16(4): 256-264., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2020.1740740 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
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additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 66-71, plate IX fig. 8 [details]
additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
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additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 [details]
additional source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746 [details]
biology source Garm, Anders; Simonsen, Sidsel H.; Mendoza-González, Paula; Worsaae, Katrine; ;. (2021). Have the eyes of bioluminescent scale worms adapted to see their own light? A comparative study of eyes and vision in Harmothoe imbricata and Lepidonotus squamatus. <em>Journal of Experimental Biology.</em> 224(14): ?-?., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242501 [details]
[request]context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
context source (Schelde) van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). <em>Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg.</em> 64 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nygren, Arne; Norlinder, Erika; Panova, Marina ; Pleijel, Fredrik. (2011). Colour polymorphism in the polychaete Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 7(1): 54 - 62., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451001003713555 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source David, Andrew A.; Cahill, Jordan. (2020). Tri-oceanic connectivity of the supposedly cosmopolitan polychaete, Harmothoe imbricata (Annelida: Polynoidae): insights from the COI marker. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 16(4): 256-264., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2020.1740740 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]additional source Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
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additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
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additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
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additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 [details]
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biology source Garm, Anders; Simonsen, Sidsel H.; Mendoza-González, Paula; Worsaae, Katrine; ;. (2021). Have the eyes of bioluminescent scale worms adapted to see their own light? A comparative study of eyes and vision in Harmothoe imbricata and Lepidonotus squamatus. <em>Journal of Experimental Biology.</em> 224(14): ?-?., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242501 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic; Labrador to New Jersey; Bering Sea to s. California; Japan, Yellow Sea, Indian Ocean; Iceland and Norway to Mediterranean and Adriatic [details]Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction Eggs are brooded under scales of female. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gladschubbige zeerups | [details] |
| English | Free-living scale wormFifteen-scaled wormcommon fifteen-scaled worm | [details] |
| German | gemeiner Schuppenwurm | [details] |
| Japanese | マダラウロコムシ | [details] |
| Russian | Хармотое черепитчатая | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (189 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (179 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Polynoe (Harmothoe) imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harmothoe imbricata)
To GenBank (709 nucleotides; 244 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Harmothoe imbricata incerta (Bobretzky, 1881))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888)
To The Arctic Traits Database (41 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (61 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095804)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (179 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Harmothoe unicolor Baird, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Polynoe (Harmothoe) imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harmothoe imbricata)
To GenBank (709 nucleotides; 244 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Harmothoe imbricata incerta (Bobretzky, 1881))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Harmothoe maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph, 1888)
To The Arctic Traits Database (41 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Harmothoe levis Treadwell, 1937)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (61 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095804)
To ITIS
