WoRMS taxon details
Amphiglena mediterranea (Leydig, 1851)
130869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130869)
accepted
Species
Amphicora mediterranea Leydig, 1851 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Amphicorina desiderata Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Amphiglena armandi Claparède, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphicora mediterranea Leydig, 1851) Leydig, F. (1851). Anatomische Bemerkungen über Carinaria, Firola und Amphicora. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 3: 325-332, plate IX figs. 4-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14273376
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphiglena mediterranea (Leydig, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130869 on 2025-12-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphicora mediterranea Leydig, 1851) Leydig, F. (1851). Anatomische Bemerkungen über Carinaria, Firola und Amphicora. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 3: 325-332, plate IX figs. 4-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14273376
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
original description (of Amphicorina desiderata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 477-478 [details]
original description (of Amphiglena armandi Claparède, 1864) Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 492-496, plate III fig. 1; note: later in the work synonymised to A. mediterranea on p. 588 and 594. NB, on p.496-501 Claparède describes a second sabellid, Fabricia armandi, with the same specific name! [details]
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
original description (of Amphicorina desiderata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 477-478 [details]
original description (of Amphiglena armandi Claparède, 1864) Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 492-496, plate III fig. 1; note: later in the work synonymised to A. mediterranea on p. 588 and 594. NB, on p.496-501 Claparède describes a second sabellid, Fabricia armandi, with the same specific name! [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Giangrande, Adriana; Putignano, Matteo; Licciano, Margherita; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2021). The Pandora's box: Morphological diversity within the genus <em>Amphiglena</em> Claparède, 1864 (Sabellidae, Annelida) in the Mediterranean Sea, with description of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4949(2): 201-239., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4949.2.1
page(s): 204, figures 2-3; note: description using name as Amphiglena cf. mediterranea, of specimens from Ischia Island, Tyrrhenian Sea [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 204, figures 2-3; note: description using name as Amphiglena cf. mediterranea, of specimens from Ischia Island, Tyrrhenian Sea [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 130-131 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 130-131 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment See commentary note under the Amphiglena genus record for why A. mediterranea (original name Amphicora mediterranea) is NOT the type species of Amphiglena, contrary to Giangrande et al (2021) and other authors earlier. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Amphicora mediterranea Leydig, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiglena mediterranea)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiglena mediterranea)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
