WoRMS taxon details
Epigamia magna (Berkeley, 1923)
817900 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817900)
accepted
Species
Autolytus beringianus Annenkova, 1934 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Autolytus caterinkae Uschakov, 1950 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923) Berkeley, Edith. (1923). Polychaetous annelids from the Nanaimo district. Part 1. Syllidae to Sigalionidae. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology, Ottawa.</em> 1: 203-218., available online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f22-011#.VEfyhiKUfSs [details] 
Depth range Littoral to 56 m.
Distribution North Pacific.
Depth range Littoral to 56 m. [details]
Distribution North Pacific.
Distribution North Pacific. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Epigamia magna (Berkeley, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817900 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Autolytus beringianus Annenkova, 1934) Annenkova, N. P. 1934. Kurze Übersicht der Polychaeten der Litoralzone der Bering-Insel (Kommador-Inseln) nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 106(12): 322-331.
page(s): 323-324, fig. 2a-b [details]
original description (of Autolytus caterinkae Uschakov, 1950) Uschakov, P. V. (1950). Многощетинrовые Черви (Polychaeta) Охотского Моря [Polychaetes from the Sea of Okhotsk]. <em>Issledovaniya dal'nevostochnykh Morei SSSR.</em> 2: 140-236.
page(s): 180, fig. 17a-b [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923) Berkeley, Edith. (1923). Polychaetous annelids from the Nanaimo district. Part 1. Syllidae to Sigalionidae. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology, Ottawa.</em> 1: 203-218., available online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f22-011#.VEfyhiKUfSs [details]
page(s): 323-324, fig. 2a-b [details]
original description (of Autolytus caterinkae Uschakov, 1950) Uschakov, P. V. (1950). Многощетинrовые Черви (Polychaeta) Охотского Моря [Polychaetes from the Sea of Okhotsk]. <em>Issledovaniya dal'nevostochnykh Morei SSSR.</em> 2: 140-236.
page(s): 180, fig. 17a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923) Berkeley, Edith. (1923). Polychaetous annelids from the Nanaimo district. Part 1. Syllidae to Sigalionidae. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology, Ottawa.</em> 1: 203-218., available online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f22-011#.VEfyhiKUfSs [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): 173-175, fig. 88A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 173-175, fig. 88A-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 Littoral to 56 m. [details]Diagnosis Large orange Epigamia with c. 40-50 equal teeth; large equal cirrophores, long unequal dorsal cirrostyles; large parapodia with dorsal part enlarged. [details]
Distribution North Pacific. [details]
Habitat Among sponges and hydroids. [details]
Reproduction Epigamy. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ダイミョウシリス | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epigamia magna)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 32897) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epigamia magna)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 32897) (from synonym Autolytus magnus Berkeley, 1923)
