WoRMS taxon details
Ampharete labrops Hartman, 1961
326317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326317)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802
page(s): 127-128, plate 34 figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 127-128, plate 34 figs. 1-4 [details]
Note Near Santa Barbara Point (34.398 N, -119.702...
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Type locality Near Santa Barbara Point (34.398 N, -119.702 W), Santa Barbara, southern California. Chávez-López gives the geolocation as 34.4041 N, -119.7611 W. Hartman states: "The type is selected from VELERO IV Sta. 6694, taken 2 mi from Santa Barbara Point light, in 30 ft, from a bottom of fine sand with kelp." [details]
Etymology Ampharete labrops has no etymology statement. We can speculate that the name 'labrops' is a compound referring to the...
Etymology Ampharete labrops has no etymology statement. We can speculate that the name 'labrops' is a compound referring to the numerous dispersed eyespots ('ops') along the margins of the large upper lip ('labrum"). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharete labrops Hartman, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326317 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802
page(s): 127-128, plate 34 figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 127-128, plate 34 figs. 1-4 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Chávez-López, Yessica. (2025). A new species of <i>Ampharete</i> Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Ampharetidae) from Washington [state] and redescription of <i>A. cirrata</i> Webster & Benedict, 1887 and <i>A. labrops</i> Hartman, 1961. <em>PeerJ.</em> 13: e20457: 1-35., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/20457/#
page(s): 23 of 35, figures 11-13; note: Santa Barbara holotype plus additional material from Port Townsend, Washington State, and Orange County California [details] Available for editors
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redescription Chávez-López, Yessica. (2025). A new species of <i>Ampharete</i> Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Ampharetidae) from Washington [state] and redescription of <i>A. cirrata</i> Webster & Benedict, 1887 and <i>A. labrops</i> Hartman, 1961. <em>PeerJ.</em> 13: e20457: 1-35., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/20457/#
page(s): 23 of 35, figures 11-13; note: Santa Barbara holotype plus additional material from Port Townsend, Washington State, and Orange County California [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Ampharete labrops has no etymology statement. We can speculate that the name 'labrops' is a compound referring to the numerous dispersed eyespots ('ops') along the margins of the large upper lip ('labrum"). [details]Type locality Near Santa Barbara Point (34.398 N, -119.702 W), Santa Barbara, southern California. Chávez-López gives the geolocation as 34.4041 N, -119.7611 W. Hartman states: "The type is selected from VELERO IV Sta. 6694, taken 2 mi from Santa Barbara Point light, in 30 ft, from a bottom of fine sand with kelp." [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]
