WoRMS taxon details
Epigamia charcoti (Gravier, 1906)
238181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238181)
accepted
Species
Autolytus (Regulatus) charcoti Gravier, 1906 · unaccepted (superseded recombination with...)
superseded recombination with subgeneric attribution
Autolytus afer Ehlers, 1908 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Autolytus charcoti Gravier, 1906 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Epigamia charcoti (Gravier, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238181 on 2026-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Autolytus afer Ehlers, 1908) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Polychaete Anneliden der Angra Pequena-Bucht. In: Leonard Schultze (Ed): Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im Westlichen und Zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905. Erster Band. III. Annelida. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 13: 43-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37102335
page(s): 46-47 [details]
original description (of Autolytus charcoti Gravier, 1906) Gravier, C. 1906. Sur les Annélides Polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarcique française (Syllidiens). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 12: 283-290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021468
page(s): 283-285; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 46-47 [details]
original description (of Autolytus charcoti Gravier, 1906) Gravier, C. 1906. Sur les Annélides Polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarcique française (Syllidiens). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 12: 283-290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021468
page(s): 283-285; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 169-170, fig. 85A-E [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 169-170, fig. 85A-E [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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Depth range 40 m. [details]Diagnosis Epigamia with long alternating dorsal cirri and a trepan consisting of 27 teeth, 1 large alternating with 2 smaller in 2 rings. [details]
Distribution Antarctic. [details]
Reproduction Epigamy. [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution This is an Antarctic, not European species [details]
