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Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) 
AphiaID: 131100

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Phyllodocida incertae sedis (Suborder) > Sphaerodoridae (Family) > Sphaerodorum (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Bebryce peripatus Johnston in Thompson, 1844 (subjective synonym)
Ephesia gracilis Rathke, 1843 (basionym)
Nereis bullata Dalyell, 1853 (subjective synonym)
Pollicita peripatus Johnston, 1845 (subjective synonym)
Sphaerodoridium gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (objective synonym)
Sphaerodorum flavum Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
Sphaerodorum peripatus (Johnston in Thompson, 1844) (objective synonym)
Sources  original description: Rathke H. (1843). Beiträge zur fauna Norwegens. Verhandlungen Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie Naturforscher, Breslau, 20, 1, pp. 1-264, 264b, 264c; 12 pls., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 [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]

basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1974. Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. Journal of Natural History, 8: 257-289. [details]

basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details]

basis of record: Johnston, George. 1865. A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [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]

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

source of synonymy: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 227(1): 1-356. [details]

from synonym: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Örsted, Anders Sandoe. 1843. Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Volume Fasc. 1 Maricolae (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). 1-52. Librariae Wahlianae. Hafniae (Copenhagen)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pettibone, Marian H. 1956. Marine polychaete worms from Labrador. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 105(3361): 531-584. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lützen, Jörgen 1961. Sur une nouvelle espèce de polychète Sphaerodoridium commensalis n.g, n.sp. (Polychaeta Errantia, famille des Sphaerodoridae) vivant en commensal de Terebellides stroemi Sars. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 2: 409-416. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Thompson, William 1844. Report on the Fauna of Ireland; Invertebrata. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1843: 272-273. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dalyell, J.G. 1853. The Powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation or, observations on life amidst the various of the humbler tribes of animated nature with practical comments and illustrations. 2 Edition. 1-359. John van Voorst. London. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hartman, Olga 1965. Supplement and index to the catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the World, including additions and emendations since 1959. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 1-197. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19483#page/18/mode/1up
page(s): 5 [details] [view taxon]


context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Baie de la Seine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Isles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Golfe Normanno-Breton (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Plymouth (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Roscoff (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Saguenay Fjord [details]
South Coast of England (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); South slope of Anticosti Island. [details]

Habitat: bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Validity: RAMS isn't sure about the Genus name of this species [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131100
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843). 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=131100 on 2013-05-21
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