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Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853) 
AphiaID: 131504

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Terebellidae (Family) > Terebellinae (Subfamily) > Neoamphitrite (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphitrite nana Claparède, 1870 (objective synonym)
Amphitrite stimpsoni Meyer, 1912 (objective synonym)
Terebella figulus Dalyell, 1853 (objective synonym)
Sources  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: 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: 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: 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]

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

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

additional source: 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]

source of synonymy: McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]

original description (from synonym): Claparède, Édouard 1870. Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, 20(2): 365-542. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Meyer, A. H. 1912. Die Amphicteniden, Ampharetiden und Terbelliden der Nord- und Ostsee. 1-68 Koenigliche Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel. [details] [view taxon]

original description (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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch slijmkokerworm  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subspecies Neoamphitrite figulus pacifica Annenkova, 1925
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Baie de la Seine [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Manicouagan [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Plymouth [details]
Roscoff [details]
Saint Lawrence River [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]

Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
Image 
Neoamphitrite figulus
Neoamphitrite figulus
added on 2010-07-24 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131504
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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). Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853). 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=131504 on 2013-06-19
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