WoRMS taxon details

Amphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826)

131479  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131479)

accepted
Species
Amphitrite viminalis (Grube, 1855) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Neoamphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Terebella variabilis Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Terebella viminalis Grube, 1855 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terebella variabilis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. Levrault, Paris, vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192
page(s): 408-409 [details]   
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea  
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131479 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description  (of Terebella variabilis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. Levrault, Paris, vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192
page(s): 408-409 [details]   

original description  (of Terebella viminalis Grube, 1855) Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100
page(s): 117-118, plate IV fig. 15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

taxonomy source Jirkov, Igor A. (2020). Review of the European Amphitrite (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) with description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 17(4): 311-360., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_17/IZ_17_4_311_360
page(s): 343; note: Jirkov records Mediterranean specimens as 'sensu Fauvel, 1927', as the original description by Risso is unsatisfactory. [details]   

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]   

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]