WoRMS taxon details
Plotohelmis Chamberlin, 1919
129147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129147)
accepted
Genus
Plotohelmis alata Chamberlin, 1919 (type by original designation)
- Species Plotohelmis alata Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Plotohelmis capitata (Greeff, 1876)
- Species Plotohelmis sumatransis Peter, 1973
- Species Plotohelmis tenuis (Apstein, 1900)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 130, 143-144 [details]
page(s): 130, 143-144 [details]
Note Chamberlin created Plotohelmis for his new...
Type species Chamberlin created Plotohelmis for his new species Plotohelmis alata and overtly designates that species as 'genotype' (type species. Fauchald (1977:52, pink book) has Rhynchonerella capitata Greeff, 1876, placed in Plotohelmis by Chamberlin, as Plotohelmis type species but that is not correct and also the two species are not subsequently synonyms. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Plotohelmis Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129147 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 130, 143-144 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 130, 143-144 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species Chamberlin created Plotohelmis for his new species Plotohelmis alata and overtly designates that species as 'genotype' (type species. Fauchald (1977:52, pink book) has Rhynchonerella capitata Greeff, 1876, placed in Plotohelmis by Chamberlin, as Plotohelmis type species but that is not correct and also the two species are not subsequently synonyms. [details]
