WoRMS taxon details
Eunice filamentosa Grube & Örsted in Grube, 1856
327679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327679)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990 [details]
Lectotype ZMC ZMUC-POL-00303, geounit Virgin Islands
, Note Caribbean Sea, St. Croix
Lectotype ZMC ZMUC-POL-00303, geounit Virgin Islands [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sea, St. Croix [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice filamentosa Grube & Örsted in Grube, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327679 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990 [details]
basis of record Abbiati, M. 1991. New record of Neanthes succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) (Polychaeta, Nereididae) for the Norwegian fauna. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, 97: 295-300. [details]
basis of record Abbiati, M. 1991. New record of Neanthes succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) (Polychaeta, Nereididae) for the Norwegian fauna. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, 97: 295-300. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details]
redescription Carrera-Parra, Luis F.; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2011). Redescriptions of <i>Eunice filamentosa</i> and <i>E. denticulata</i> and description of <i>E. tovarae</i> n. sp. (Polychaeta: Eunicidae), highlighted with morphological and molecular data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2880: 51–64., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2880.1.5 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details]
redescription Carrera-Parra, Luis F.; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2011). Redescriptions of <i>Eunice filamentosa</i> and <i>E. denticulata</i> and description of <i>E. tovarae</i> n. sp. (Polychaeta: Eunicidae), highlighted with morphological and molecular data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2880: 51–64., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2880.1.5 [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 65-66, text-fig. 27a-b [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 107, plate 6 figs. 123-126 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 65-66, text-fig. 27a-b [details] Available for editors

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 107, plate 6 figs. 123-126 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors






Lectotype ZMC ZMUC-POL-00303, geounit Virgin Islands [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Caribbean Sea, St. Croix [details]