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Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917 
AphiaID: 129702

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Terebellidae (Family) > Terebellinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Amphitrite affinis Malmgren, 1866
Parent Terebellinae Malmgren, 1867
Sources  original description: Hessle, Christian 1917. Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala, 5: 39-258. [details]

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]

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

status source: Holthe, Torleif 1986. Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia 7: 1-192.
page(s): 98 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866)
Species Neoamphitrite edwardsi (de Quatrefages, 1865)
Species Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853)
Species Neoamphitrite glasbyi Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005
Species Neoamphitrite grayi (Malmgren, 1866)
Species Neoamphitrite groenlandica (Malmgren, 1866)
Species Neoamphitrite hydrothermalis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2012
Species Neoamphitrite modesta (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Neoamphitrite pachyderma (Hutchings & Glasby, 1988)
Species Neoamphitrite ramosissima (Marenzeller, 1884)
Species Neoamphitrite robusta (Johnson, 1901)
Species Neoamphitrite sibogae (Caullery, 1944)

Species Neoamphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) accepted as Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Synonymy: Some authors state Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917 is not distinct from Amphitrite. Maintained as distinct here meantime. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129702
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-04 06:49:09Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-09-18 23:08:58Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917. 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=129702 on 2013-06-20
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