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Autolytus Grube, 1850 
AphiaID: 129646

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Syllidae (Family) > Autolytinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller, 1788
Parent Autolytinae Langerhans, 1879
Sources  basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

source of synonymy: Nygren, A. (2004) Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa, 680: 1-314 [details]

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 Subgenus Autolytus (Autolytus)
  » Species Autolytus (Autolytus) magnus (Berkeley, 1923)
» Species Autolytus (Autolytus) pentadentatus Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Autolytus) spinoculatus Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Autolytus) tamanus Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Autolytus) tsugarus Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Autolytus) dentalius Imajima, 1966 accepted as Myrianida dentalia (Imajima, 1966)
Subgenus Autolytus (Polybostrichus)
  » Species Autolytus (Polybostrichus) triangulifer Grube, 1878 accepted as Autolytus triangulifer (Grube, 1878)
Subgenus Autolytus (Proceraea)
  » Species Autolytus (Proceraea) ornatus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 accepted as Myrianida rubropunctata (Grube, 1860)
» Species Autolytus (Proceraea) picta Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Proceraea picta Ehlers, 1864
» Species Autolytus (Proceraea) simplex Verrill, 1900 accepted as Autolytus pseudosimplex Augener, 1922
» Species Autolytus (Proceraea) trilineatus (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1945) accepted as Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Autolytus anoplos (Monro, 1933)
Species Autolytus beringianus Annenkova, 1934
Species Autolytus bicolor Rullier, 1972
Species Autolytus bondei Day, 1934
Species Autolytus branchiatus Averincev, 1972
Species Autolytus brevicirrata Winternitz, 1936
Species Autolytus canariensis (Greeff, 1879)
Species Autolytus caterinkae Uschakov, 1950
Species Autolytus chathamensis Knox, 1960
Species Autolytus emertoni Verrill, 1881
Species Autolytus japonensis Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Species Autolytus juventudensis San Martin, 1994
Species Autolytus maclearanus Mc Intosh, 1885
Species Autolytus macleareanus McIntosh, 1885
Species Autolytus monoceros (Ehlers, 1907)
Species Autolytus multidentatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
Species Autolytus neapolitanus Cognetti, 1953
Species Autolytus obliquatus Chamberlin, 1919
Species Autolytus orientalis Willey, 1905
Species Autolytus ornatus (Verrill, 1873)
Species Autolytus planipalpus Chamberlin, 1919
Species Autolytus pseudosimplex Augener, 1922
Species Autolytus robustisetus Wu & Sun in Sun, 1978
Species Autolytus rostripalpus Chlebovitsch, 1962
Species Autolytus rubrovittatus Claparède, 1864
Species Autolytus scheremetevskiyi Averincev, 1982
Species Autolytus simplex Ehlers, 1900
Species Autolytus solitarius Webster & Benedict, 1887
Species Autolytus spirifer Augener, 1913
Species Autolytus torquens Chamberlin, 1919
Species Autolytus triangulifer (Grube, 1878)
Species Autolytus tuberculatus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Autolytus ussuriensis Zachs, 1933
Species Autolytus varius Treadwell, 1914
Species Autolytus zonata Mohammad, 1973

Species Autolytus longstaffi Ehlers, 1912 (nomen dubium)
Species Autolytus varians Verrill, 1881 (nomen dubium)

Species Autolytus roseus Claparède, 1864 (nomen nudum)
Species Autolytus smittiae Malaquin, 1893 (nomen nudum)
Species Autolytus syllisetosus Langerhans, 1884 (nomen nudum)

Species Autolytus alternata Imajima & Hartman, 1964 represented as Autolytus (Regulatus) alternata (Imajima & Hartman, 1964) (alternate representation, objective synonym)
Species Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923 represented as Autolytus (Autolytus) magnus (Berkeley, 1923) (alternate representation)
Species Autolytus nipponensis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 represented as Autolytus (Regulatus) nipponensis (Imajima & Hartman, 1964) (alternate representation, objective synonym)
Species Autolytus noroi Imajima & Hartman, 1964 represented as Autolytus (Regulatus) noroi (Imajima & Hartman, 1964) (alternate representation, objective synonym)

Subgenus Autolytus (Autolytides) Malaquin, 1893 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
  » Species Autolytus (Autolytides) anoplos Monro, 1933 accepted as Autolytus anoplos (Monro, 1933)
» Species Autolytus (Autolytides) inermis Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida inermis (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Subgenus Autolytus (Regulatus) Imajima, 1966 accepted as Proceraea Ehlers, 1864
  » Species Autolytus (Regulatus) alternata (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) boreatus Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) kiiensis Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) misakiensis Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) nipponensis (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) noroi (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) okadai Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) penetrans Wright & Woodwick, 1977
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) setoensis Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) vulgarius Imajima, 1966
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) charcoti Gravier, 1906 accepted as Epigamia charcoti (Gravier, 1906)
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) convolutus (Cognetti, 1953) accepted as Myrianida convoluta (Cognetti, 1953)
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) cornutus (Agassiz, 1862) accepted as Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1884)
» Species Autolytus (Regulatus) usaensis Imajima, 1966 accepted as Epigamia usaensis (Imajima, 1966)
Subgenus Autolytus (Stephanosyllis) Claparède, 1864 accepted as Proceraea Ehlers, 1864
  » Species Autolytus (Stephanosyllis) scapularis Claparède, 1864 accepted as Proceraea scapularis (Claparède, 1864)
Species Autolytus afer Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Epigamia charcoti (Gravier, 1906)
Species Autolytus agassizii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Species Autolytus alexandri Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
Species Autolytus antondohrni Çinar & Gambi, 2005 accepted as Myrianida antondohrni (Çinar & Gambi, 2005)
Species Autolytus aurantiacus (Claparède, 1868) accepted as Proceraea aurantiaca (Claparède, 1868)
Species Autolytus benazzii Cognetti, 1953 accepted as Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874)
Species Autolytus bidens Treadwell, 1941 accepted as Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900
Species Autolytus brachycephalus (Marenzeller, 1874) accepted as Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874)
Species Autolytus charcoti Gravier, 1906 accepted as Epigamia charcoti (Gravier, 1906)
Species Autolytus cognettii Çinar & Gambi, 2005 accepted as Myrianida cognettii (Çinar & Gambi, 2005)
Species Autolytus convolutus Cognetti, 1953 accepted as Myrianida convoluta (Cognetti, 1953)
Species Autolytus cornutus Agassiz, 1862 accepted as Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1884)
Species Autolytus dentalius Imajima, 1966 accepted as Myrianida dentalia (Imajima, 1966)
Species Autolytus edwardsi Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida edwardsi (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Species Autolytus edwardsii Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida edwardsi (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Species Autolytus edwarsi Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida edwardsi (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Species Autolytus ehbiensis Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Species Autolytus fallax Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1884)
Species Autolytus fasciatus (Bosc, 1802) accepted as Proceraea madeirensis Nygren, 2004
Species Autolytus gibber Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Autolytus maclearanus Mc Intosh, 1885
Species Autolytus groenlandicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1947 accepted as Autolytus emertoni Verrill, 1881
Species Autolytus hesperidium Claparède, 1868 accepted as Myrianida hesperidium (Claparède, 1868)
Species Autolytus hesperidum Claparède, 1868 accepted as Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Species Autolytus incertus Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Autolytus inermis Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida inermis (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Species Autolytus irregularis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 accepted as Myrianida irregularis (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
Species Autolytus labordai San Martín & Lòpez, 2002 accepted as Epigamia labordai (San Martín & Lòpez, 2002)
Species Autolytus langerhansi Gidholm, 1967 accepted as Myrianida langerhansi (Gidholm, 1967)
Species Autolytus langheransi Gidholm, 1967 accepted as Myrianida langerhansi (Gidholm, 1967)
Species Autolytus longeferiens Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
Species Autolytus longigula Verrill, 1881 accepted as Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
Species Autolytus longoprimicirratus Lòpez, San Martín & Jiménez, 1997 accepted as Myrianida longoprimicirrata (Lòpez, San Martín & Jiménez, 1997)
Species Autolytus longosetosus (Örsted, 1843) accepted as Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Autolytus lugens Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)
Species Autolytus macrophtalmus (Marenzeller, 1875) accepted as Epigamia macrophtalma (Marenzeller, 1874)
Species Autolytus mediterraneus Cognetti, 1953 accepted as Myrianida mediterranea (Cognetti, 1953)
Species Autolytus megodon Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Proceraea scapularis (Claparède, 1864)
Species Autolytus mirabilis Verrill, 1882 accepted as Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874)
Species Autolytus newtoni Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
Species Autolytus pachycerus Augener, 1913 accepted as Myrianida pachychera (Augener, 1913)
Species Autolytus paradoxus Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
Species Autolytus pictus Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Proceraea picta Ehlers, 1864
Species Autolytus prismaticus (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Autolytus prolifer (O.F. Müller, 1788) accepted as Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Species Autolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788) accepted as Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Species Autolytus punctatus Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874)
Species Autolytus purpureimaculata Okada, 1933 accepted as Myrianida pachychera (Augener, 1913)
Species Autolytus quindecemdentatus Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Myrianida quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)
Species Autolytus quindecimdentatus Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Myrianida quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)
Species Autolytus quinquedecimdentatus Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Myrianida quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)
Species Autolytus rubrolineatus Gildhom, 1967 accepted as Myrianida irregularis (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
Species Autolytus rubropunctatus (Grube, 1860) accepted as Myrianida rubropunctata (Grube, 1860)
Species Autolytus sardai San Martín & Alós, 1987 accepted as Epigamia macrophtalma (Marenzeller, 1874)
Species Autolytus trilineatus Berkeley & Berkeley, 1945 accepted as Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Autolytus tyrrhenicus Cognetti, 1953 accepted as Myrianida hesperidium (Claparède, 1868)
Species Autolytus usaensis Imajima, 1966 accepted as Epigamia usaensis (Imajima, 1966)
Species Autolytus verrilli Marenzeller, 1892 accepted as Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Oostende [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Feedingtype  carnivore [details]
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Notes  Remark: Type species Nereis prolifera O. F. Muller 1788 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]

Taxonomic status: After Nygren's revision of the autolytin taxa Autolytus has been considered junior synonim of Myrianida. However, some species are still placed within Autolytus being considered "incertae sedis" due to the fact that their taxonomic position within Autolytinae remains unclear [details]
Image 
Slabber (1778, pl. 10)
Slabber (1778, pl. 10)
added on 2008-06-16 - author: P.M. Brasser in Slabber, M. (1778)
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qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129646
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-01-25 15:50:31Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-02-28 11:48:34Z  checked  Musco, Luigi
2007-05-07 14:39:08Z  changed  Musco, Luigi
2007-05-08 07:33:02Z  changed  Musco, Luigi
2008-03-04 10:31:00Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-05 09:00:37Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-09-29 14:01:26Z  changed  Musco, Luigi
  
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  Citation: Musco, L.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Autolytus Grube, 1850. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129646 on 2013-05-20
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