original description
Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 52: 1-183., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/AR052p0001/summary
page(s): 124, plate 36, figures g, k; note: Kerguelen Islands [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)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
source of synonymy
Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg. (1994). A new genus and species of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Bermuda, with a phylogenetic analysis of Dorvilleidae, Iphitimidae and Dinophilidae. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 23(3): 107-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00379.x
page(s): 127; note: No formal synonymy but occurs in a polytomy with Ophryotrocha and "the validity of Mammiphitime appears to be especially dubious" [details] Available for editors
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status source
Wiklund, Helena; Purschke, Günter; Ravara, Ascensao. (2021). Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919. <em>[Book chapter].</em> 361-382 In: Handbook of Zoology [Annelida volume 3. Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I], edited by G. Purschke, M. Böggemann and W. Westheide. De Gruyter., available online at https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Pleistoannelida_Sedentaria_III_and_Erran/hBMrEAAAQBAJ?
page(s): 373, 375; note: the authors doubt Mammiphione is separate from Ophryotrocha, with indirect molecular evidence it is the same (page 373), but they give it a genus listing without further comment [details]
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Classification Orensanz placed Mammiphitime into Iphitimidae, hence the genus name. However, the family (and Iphitime) is included in Dorvilleidae currently. [details]
Diagnosis Based on family Diagnosis of Orensanz (1990), plus his diagnosis of Mammiphitime:
Iphitimidae: "Eunicemorphs with maxillae of ctenognath architecture. Prostomium with 4 short appendages: 2 dorsal antennae and 2 ventral palps, biarticulate in their plesiomorphic condition. Parapodia uniramous, with simple supra-acicular and composite subacicular selae; extra ventral acicular lobe, conical and retractile, with protroding acicular setae. Two mandibles, not fused along symphysis. Eight pairs of maxillae, 4 corresponding to superior and 4 to inferior elements of dorvilleids. First pair of superior elements in the form of large forceps ('icetong- shaped maxillae') in adults, denticulated in juveniles, posteriorly fused to form 'pseudocarriers.' Inferior elements displaced forward, expanded, with spinulate border.
Genus Mammiphitime: Iphitimidae with Prostomiurn without ventral palps. Neuropodia distally partitioned into low lobes, including round presetal lobe and ventral retractile lobe. Median and posterior segments with large dorsal lobes
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Etymology author: Mammiphitime is "from 'mamma' (Latin: mother, breast), referring to the presence of mammillate dorsal lobes, and Iphitime, nominal genus" of Iphitimidae, in which Orensanz placed the genus. Iphitime is feminine. [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine. Iphitime is a feminine personal name. [details]
Synonymy There is no formal synonymy in Eibye-Jacobsen & Kristensen (1994) but in their analysis it occurs in a polytomy with Ophryotrocha and "the validity of Mammiphitime appears to be especially dubious". Similarly Oug (1994) did not use the genus. Wiklund et al (2021: 372) again doubt Mammiphione is separate from Ophryotrocha, with indirect molecular evidence it is the same (page 372), but they still give it a genus listing. As this genus has been named for 32 years without further support for its validity being published, it is here regarded as a synonym of Ophryotrocha. [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Classified under Iphitimidae [details]