WoRMS taxon details
Epigamia Nygren, 2004
238144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238144)
accepted
Genus
Autolytus noroi Imajima & Hartman, 1964 accepted as Epigamia noroi (Imajima & Hartman, 1964) (type by original designation)
- Species Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
- Species Epigamia alternata (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
- Species Epigamia charcoti (Gravier, 1906)
- Species Epigamia labordai (San Martín & López, 2002)
- Species Epigamia macrophthalma (Marenzeller, 1875)
- Species Epigamia magna (Berkeley, 1923)
- Species Epigamia noroi (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
- Species Epigamia planipalpa (Chamberlin, 1919)
- Species Epigamia usaensis (Imajima, 1966)
- Species Epigamia maclearanus (McIntosh, 1885) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, damaged holotype so incompletely known)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 163-165 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 163-165 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology There is no etymology statement for the genus. The name of the genus, Epigamia, is assumed to refer to the reproduction...
Etymology There is no etymology statement for the genus. The name of the genus, Epigamia, is assumed to refer to the reproduction type of the species of the genus, by epigamy (a reproductive metamorphosis of the whole body, rather than solely a posterior part). The gender for Epigamia is not stated but is assumed to be female [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Epigamia Nygren, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238144 on 2024-11-25
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original description
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 163-165 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 163-165 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology There is no etymology statement for the genus. The name of the genus, Epigamia, is assumed to refer to the reproduction type of the species of the genus, by epigamy (a reproductive metamorphosis of the whole body, rather than solely a posterior part). The gender for Epigamia is not stated but is assumed to be female [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Not stated, but Epigamia is assumed to be feminine as Nygren (2004) retains a feminine suffix for recombinations [details]
