WoRMS taxon details
Arenicola glasselli Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939
326573 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326573)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berkeley, E.; Berkeley, C. (1939). On a collection of Polychaeta, chiefly from the west coast of Mexico. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 11) 3: 321-346., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1939.9723608 [details] Available for editors 
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Note Intertidal, San Felipe, 31.0248, -114.8315,...
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Type locality Intertidal, San Felipe, 31.0248, -114.8315, Baja California, Gulf of California [details]
Type material The Berkeley's sent original collection material to the British Museum, 1938 : 11 : 29 : 34-7 (according to Wells (1962) and the corresponding specimens there are marked as syntypes [details]
Etymology Arenicola glasselli is named after "Mr. S. A. Glassell, of Beverly Hills, California, who has recorded it, without specific...
Etymology Arenicola glasselli is named after "Mr. S. A. Glassell, of Beverly Hills, California, who has recorded it, without specific name, as the host of the commensal crab Pinnixa pembertoni Glassell (1935, p. 102)." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicola glasselli Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326573 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
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Berkeley, E.; Berkeley, C. (1939). On a collection of Polychaeta, chiefly from the west coast of Mexico. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 11) 3: 321-346., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1939.9723608 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Wells, G. P. 1962. The warm-water lugworms of the world (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 138(3): 331-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb05703.x
page(s): 344, no figures; note: Wells examined Berkeleys' original Baja California material, plus specimens from Dakar and Brazil he matched as A. glasselli. There are no figures. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 344, no figures; note: Wells examined Berkeleys' original Baja California material, plus specimens from Dakar and Brazil he matched as A. glasselli. There are no figures. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1938 : 11 : 29 : 34-7., geounit Baja California [details]
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Etymology Arenicola glasselli is named after "Mr. S. A. Glassell, of Beverly Hills, California, who has recorded it, without specific name, as the host of the commensal crab Pinnixa pembertoni Glassell (1935, p. 102)." [details]Type locality Intertidal, San Felipe, 31.0248, -114.8315, Baja California, Gulf of California [details]
Type material The Berkeley's sent original collection material to the British Museum, 1938 : 11 : 29 : 34-7 (according to Wells (1962) and the corresponding specimens there are marked as syntypes [details]
