Euclymene is a genus of polychaete bamboo worms in the family Maldanidae, first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1900. The type species is Clymene amphistoma Lamarck, 1818, currently accepted as Euclymene amphistoma (Lamarck, 1818). Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368 page(s): 654 The species Euclymene amphistoma (Lamarck, 1818) is now unused because Verrill incorrectly changed the Euclymene type species to Clymene oerstedii Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Euclymene Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129347 on 2023-10-27
Species As of October 2023, the following species are accepted: Euclymene annandalei Southern, 1921 Euclymene aucklandica Augener, 1923 Euclymene collaris (Claparède, 1869) Euclymene corallicola (Treadwell, 1929) Euclymene coronata Verrill, 1900 Euclymene delineata Moore, 1923 Euclymene dispar (Verrill, 1873) Euclymene droebachiensis (Sars, 1872) Euclymene insecta (Ehlers, 1904) Euclymene lindrothi Eliason, 1962 Euclymene lombricoides (Quatrefages, 1866) Euclymene luderitziana Augener, 1918 Euclymene mossambica (Day, 1957) Euclymene natalensis (Day, 1957) Euclymene oerstedii (Claparède, 1863) Euclymene palermitana (Grube, 1840) Euclymene papillata (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939) Euclymene trinalis Hutchings, 1974 Euclymene uncinata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 Euclymene vidali De Assis, De Souza, Fitzhugh & Christoffersen, 2022
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