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Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804 
AphiaID: 155015

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Terebellidae (Family) > Terebellinae (Subfamily) > Amphitrite (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (objective synonym)
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Accepted name  Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Bispira Krøyer, 1856
Distylia Quatrefages, 1866
Parent Amphitrite O.F. Müller, 1771
Sources  original description: Montagu G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London, 7, pp. 61-85;pls. 6-7., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13717#125 [details]

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

source of synonymy: Fauvel, P. 1927. Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. 1-494. Paul Lechevalier. Paris., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]

source of synonymy: Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Perkins, Thomas H. 1998. A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 123: 385-467, 31 figures.
page(s): 409 [details]


Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Notes  Taxonomy: Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Devonshire, England [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155015
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-22 07:56:35Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2010-10-11 00:08:59Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804. 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=155015 on 2013-05-18
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