WoRMS taxon details
Flabelligera bicolor (Schmarda, 1861)
173307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173307)
accepted
Species
Flabelligera lingulata Ehlers, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Flabelligera semiannulata Ehlers, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pherusa bicolor Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Siphonostoma antarcticum Baird, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pherusa bicolor Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 21, 5 text-figs. [bottom of page], plate XX fig. 169 [details]
page(s): 21, 5 text-figs. [bottom of page], plate XX fig. 169 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Flabelligera bicolor (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173307 on 2026-09-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Siphonostoma antarcticum Baird, 1871) Baird, William. (1871). Description of some new species of Annelida and Gephyrea in the collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 11(50): 94–97., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32049406 [details]
original description (of Flabelligera lingulata Ehlers, 1904) Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 47-48, plate VII figs. 1-5 [details]
original description (of Flabelligera semiannulata Ehlers, 1904) Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 49-50, plate 7, figures 6-10; note: Chatham Islands, New Zealand, collected Schauinsland [details]
original description (of Pherusa bicolor Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 21, 5 text-figs. [bottom of page], plate XX fig. 169 [details]
original description (of Flabelligera lingulata Ehlers, 1904) Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 47-48, plate VII figs. 1-5 [details]
original description (of Flabelligera semiannulata Ehlers, 1904) Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 49-50, plate 7, figures 6-10; note: Chatham Islands, New Zealand, collected Schauinsland [details]
original description (of Pherusa bicolor Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 21, 5 text-figs. [bottom of page], plate XX fig. 169 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2012). Revision of <i>Flabelligera</i> Sars, 1829 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3203(1): 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3203.1.1
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
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Augener, Hermann. (1926). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 81: 157-294. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Benham, W. B. (1950). Polychaeta of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin.</em> 10: 1-26. [details]
additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Benham, W. B. (1950). Polychaeta of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin.</em> 10: 1-26. [details]
additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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