WoRMS taxon details
Amphictene crassa (Grube, 1870)
332935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332935)
accepted
Species
Pectinaria crassa Grube, 1870 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pectinaria crassa Grube, 1870) Grube, A.E. 1869. Ehlers Entdeckung fossiler Euniciden und eine neune Diopatra. Schles.Vaterl.Kultur.Breslau Jahresber., 46: 58-59. [details]
Type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphictene crassa (Grube, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332935 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pectinaria crassa Grube, 1870) Grube, A.E. 1869. Ehlers Entdeckung fossiler Euniciden und eine neune Diopatra. Schles.Vaterl.Kultur.Breslau Jahresber., 46: 58-59. [details]
Other
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1966). New records of some little known Australian polychaetous annelids. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 26(17): 361-365, plates 36–38 [photos]., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/hartman-1966-rec-aust-mus-2617-361365/
page(s): 363, photo plate 37; note: New record and brief description for Sydney, NSW, Australia, but according to Hutchings & Peart 2002, this specimen was an instance of their Amphictene favona, thus a misidentification. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 363, photo plate 37; note: New record and brief description for Sydney, NSW, Australia, but according to Hutchings & Peart 2002, this specimen was an instance of their Amphictene favona, thus a misidentification. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Identification Hartman 1966 created a new record and brief description of Amphictene crassa for Sydney, NSW, Australia, but according to Hutchings & Peart 2002, this specimen was an instance of their Amphictene favona, thus a misidentification, and A. crassa does not occur in Australia [details]
