WoRMS taxon details
Americonuphis magna (Andrews, 1891)
332921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332921)
accepted
Species
Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Onuphis magna (Andrews, 1891) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891) Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195
page(s): 286-287, plate XIV figs. 14-20 [details]
page(s): 286-287, plate XIV figs. 14-20 [details]
Type locality contained in North Carolina
type locality contained in North Carolina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Americonuphis magna (Andrews, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332921 on 2026-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891) Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195
page(s): 286-287, plate XIV figs. 14-20 [details]
new combination reference Fauchald, Kristian. (1973). Polychaetes from Central American sandy beaches. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 72(1): 19-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304837
page(s): 22; note: recombined from Diopatra [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 286-287, plate XIV figs. 14-20 [details]
new combination reference Fauchald, Kristian. (1973). Polychaetes from Central American sandy beaches. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 72(1): 19-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304837
page(s): 22; note: recombined from Diopatra [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Fauchald, Kristian. (1980). Onuphidae (Polychaeta) from Belize, Central America, with notes on related taxa. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(3): 797-829., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599680
page(s): 801 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, Kristian. (1980). Onuphidae (Polychaeta) from Belize, Central America, with notes on related taxa. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(3): 797-829., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599680
page(s): 801 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Onuphis magna (Andrews, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Americonuphis magna)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Onuphis magna (Andrews, 1891))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Onuphis magna (Andrews, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Americonuphis magna)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Onuphis magna (Andrews, 1891))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
