Genus Laetmonice Kinberg, 1855

Museums

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• Hermione Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes … d'après l'état actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la mediciné. Vol. 1. [457] [junior homonym of Hermoine Meigen, 1800 (Diptera), see Pettibone, M.H. 1966. Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revison of the aphroditid genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79: 95–107].

  Secondary source:

   Pettibone, M.H. 1966. Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revison of the aphroditid genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79: 95-107.
• Laetmonice Kinberg, J.G.H. 1858. Annulater. pp. 1–32 (7), pls 1–8 in Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851–1853. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser på Konung Oscar den Förstes befallning utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademien. Zoologi. 2 Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Soner. [7].

  Type species:

   Laetmonice filicornis Kinberg, 1858 by monotypy.
• Laetmatonice Kinberg, J.G.H. 1856. Nya slägten och arter af Annelider (Aphroditea). Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 12: 381-388.
• Letmonicella Roule, L. 1898. Notice préliminaire sur les espèces d'Annélide recuellies dans les explorations sous-marines du TRAVAILLEUR et du TALISMAN. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4: 190-195 [191].
• Halogenia Horst, R. 1916. On a new genus of Aphroditidae from Netherlands East Indies. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 2: 63-64 [63].
• Hermonia Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. 1–4. [Date published 1939–1940] [625] [nom. nov. for Hermoine Blaineville, 1828].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic, W oceanic
• New Zealand
  • North Island
  • South Island

Oriental Region

• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Citations

Hermione.
—Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 25: ix 1–300 pls 1–15 [16–17].

Laetmonice.
—Hutchings, P. & McRae, J. 1993. The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 45: 279–363 [316–318].

Halogenia.
—[Buzhinskaja, 1982]: 30.

Hermonia.
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [31–32].

 

General References

Flaxman, B. & Kupriyanova, E.K. 2024. New species of Laetmonice (Aphroditidae, Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths around Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 76(4): 195-210 [199]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2024	PHYLLODOCIDA	23-Sep-2024	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		07-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)