WoRMS banner

WoRMS RSS feed RSS
Add search provider Add provider
Twitter: Latest updates @WRMarineSpecies

WoRMS taxon details

Amphitrite bombyx Dalyell, 1853 
AphiaID: 155266

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Terebellidae (Family) > Terebellinae (Subfamily) > Amphitrite (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Branchiomma bombyx (Dalyell, 1853)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858
Parent Amphitrite O.F. Müller, 1771
Sources  original description: 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]

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: Knight-Jones, Phyllis, Knight-Jones, E. Wyn, and Ergen, Zeki 1991. Sabelliform polychaetes, mostly from Turkey's Aegean coast. Journal of Natural History, 25: 837-858. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To ITIS
Notes  Taxonomy: Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155266
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-25 07:40:18Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Amphitrite bombyx 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=155266 on 2013-06-18
  Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License