WoRMS name details
Amphinome jukesi Baird, 1868
326370 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326370)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (based on a juvenile)
Species
Amphinome nitida Haswell, 1878 · unaccepted
Amphinome pulchra Horst, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baird, William. (1868 [volume for 1870]). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of annelides belonging to the Amphinomacea, with a list of the known species, and a description of several new species (belonging to the group) contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. To which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript annulose animals of a larval character. [published 26 November, 1868]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 10(44): 215-250, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588091
page(s): 218-219, plate IV figs. 2a, b [details]
page(s): 218-219, plate IV figs. 2a, b [details]
Type locality contained in Pacific Ocean
, Note Northern Australia; China
type locality contained in Pacific Ocean [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Northern Australia; China [details]
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. According to Borda et al (2012: 315) Amphinome jukesi is based on a single juvenile worm from Queensland,...
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. According to Borda et al (2012: 315) Amphinome jukesi is based on a single juvenile worm from Queensland, Australia, that was likely exposed to acidic solutions that rendered its harpoon notochaetae featureless. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphinome jukesi Baird, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326370 on 2025-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Baird, William. (1868 [volume for 1870]). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of annelides belonging to the Amphinomacea, with a list of the known species, and a description of several new species (belonging to the group) contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. To which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript annulose animals of a larval character. [published 26 November, 1868]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 10(44): 215-250, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588091
page(s): 218-219, plate IV figs. 2a, b [details]
original description (of Amphinome nitida Haswell, 1878) Haswell, W. A. (1879). On six new species of annelids, belonging to the family Amphinomidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 341-347, no figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456730 [details]
original description (of Amphinome pulchra Horst, 1912) Horst, Rutgerus. (1912). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 1, Amphinomidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24a: 1-43, 10 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2187401
page(s): 40-41, plate X figs. 21-23 [details]
page(s): 218-219, plate IV figs. 2a, b [details]
original description (of Amphinome nitida Haswell, 1878) Haswell, W. A. (1879). On six new species of annelids, belonging to the family Amphinomidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 341-347, no figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456730 [details]
original description (of Amphinome pulchra Horst, 1912) Horst, Rutgerus. (1912). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 1, Amphinomidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24a: 1-43, 10 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2187401
page(s): 40-41, plate X figs. 21-23 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Borda, Elizabeth; Kudenov, Jerry D.; Bienhold, Christina; Rouse, Greg W. (2012). Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41(3): 307-325., available online at http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00529.x
note: as incertae sedis, likely based on a juvenile [details] Available for editors
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note: as incertae sedis, likely based on a juvenile [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [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]
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
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Taxonomy Incertae sedis. According to Borda et al (2012: 315) Amphinome jukesi is based on a single juvenile worm from Queensland, Australia, that was likely exposed to acidic solutions that rendered its harpoon notochaetae featureless. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality Northern Australia; China [details]
