WoRMS taxon details
Pelagobia longicirrata Greeff, 1879
130219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130219)
accepted
Species
Pelagobia erinensis Nolte, 1938 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pelagobia longecirrata [auctt. misspelling] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (subsequent misspelling, intended...)
subsequent misspelling, intended for longicirrata
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Greeff, R. (1879). Ueber pelagische Anneliden von der Küste der canarischen Inseln. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 237-283, plates XIII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240415
page(s): 247-249, plate XIV figs. 23-25 [details]
page(s): 247-249, plate XIV figs. 23-25 [details]
Holotype , geounit Canary Islands
Holotype, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pelagobia longicirrata Greeff, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130219 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Greeff, R. (1879). Ueber pelagische Anneliden von der Küste der canarischen Inseln. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 237-283, plates XIII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240415
page(s): 247-249, plate XIV figs. 23-25 [details]
original description (of Pelagobia erinensis Nolte, 1938) Nolte, W. 1938. Annelidenlarven. Nordisches Plankton, Ser. Lieferung, 24: 171-282. [details]
page(s): 247-249, plate XIV figs. 23-25 [details]
original description (of Pelagobia erinensis Nolte, 1938) Nolte, W. 1938. Annelidenlarven. Nordisches Plankton, Ser. Lieferung, 24: 171-282. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kolbasova, G.; Syomin, V.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Teixeira, M. A.; Carvalho, S. (2025). Holopelagic Annelida from the Red Sea off the Central Saudi Arabian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5632(1): 1-41., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5632.1.1
page(s): 17, figures 1, 9; note: records from central Red Sea [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Kolbasova, Glafira; Kosobokova, Ksenia; Neretina, Tatiana. (2020). Bathy- and mesopelagic annelida from the Arctic Ocean: Description of new, redescription of known and notes on some “cosmopolitan” species. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 165: 103327., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063720301151
page(s): 5 of 23, figure 6 a-d; note: description of Pelagobia cf. longicirrata Greeff, 1879, plus molecular data [details] Available for editors
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redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 17, figures 1, 9; note: records from central Red Sea [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Kolbasova, Glafira; Kosobokova, Ksenia; Neretina, Tatiana. (2020). Bathy- and mesopelagic annelida from the Arctic Ocean: Description of new, redescription of known and notes on some “cosmopolitan” species. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 165: 103327., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063720301151
page(s): 5 of 23, figure 6 a-d; note: description of Pelagobia cf. longicirrata Greeff, 1879, plus molecular data [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.20 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Augener, H. 1929. Beiträge zur Planktonbevölkerung der Wedellsee nach den Ergebnissen der deutschen Antarktischen Expedition 1911-1912. 5. Die Polychäten der Weddellsee. Internat.Revue der ges.Hydrobiol.u.Hydrographie, 22(5/6): 273-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19290220121 [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dales, Rodney Phillips; Peter, George. (1972). A synopsis of the pelagic Polychaeta. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 6(1): 55-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937200770071 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1912). Polychaeta. <em>National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. Zoology and Botany.</em> 6: 1-32, plates I-III., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/956045
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 460-462, 591 [details]
additional source Knox, George A. (1959). Pelagic and benthic polychaetes of the central Arctic Basin. In: Scientific Studies at Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3, 1952-1955, edited by Vivian Bushnell [Geophysical Research Papers no. 63] 1: 105-114.
page(s): 109; note: New arctic records, and a map [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 114 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Sicinski J. 2008. Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Polychaeta. (http://www.scarmarbin.be) [details]
additional source Southern, Rowland. (1909). Polychaeta of the coasts of Ireland. II.— Pelagic Phyllodocidae. <em>Fisheries, Ireland, Scientific Investigations.</em> 1908(3): 1-11, plates I-III [published November 1909]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30607345
page(s): 2, plate I fig. 1; note: misspelled as Pelagobia longecirrata [sic] [details]
additional source Uschakov, P. V. (1957). [On the polychaete worms fauna (Polychaeta) of the Arctic and Antarctic]. K faune mnogoshchetinkovikh chervei (Polychaeta) Arkitki i Antarktiki. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 36(11): 1659-1672.
page(s): 1661-1662 [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.20 [details] Available for editors
additional source Augener, H. 1929. Beiträge zur Planktonbevölkerung der Wedellsee nach den Ergebnissen der deutschen Antarktischen Expedition 1911-1912. 5. Die Polychäten der Weddellsee. Internat.Revue der ges.Hydrobiol.u.Hydrographie, 22(5/6): 273-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19290220121 [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dales, Rodney Phillips; Peter, George. (1972). A synopsis of the pelagic Polychaeta. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 6(1): 55-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937200770071 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1912). Polychaeta. <em>National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. Zoology and Botany.</em> 6: 1-32, plates I-III., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/956045
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 460-462, 591 [details]
additional source Knox, George A. (1959). Pelagic and benthic polychaetes of the central Arctic Basin. In: Scientific Studies at Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3, 1952-1955, edited by Vivian Bushnell [Geophysical Research Papers no. 63] 1: 105-114.
page(s): 109; note: New arctic records, and a map [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 114 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Sicinski J. 2008. Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Polychaeta. (http://www.scarmarbin.be) [details]
additional source Southern, Rowland. (1909). Polychaeta of the coasts of Ireland. II.— Pelagic Phyllodocidae. <em>Fisheries, Ireland, Scientific Investigations.</em> 1908(3): 1-11, plates I-III [published November 1909]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30607345
page(s): 2, plate I fig. 1; note: misspelled as Pelagobia longecirrata [sic] [details]
additional source Uschakov, P. V. (1957). [On the polychaete worms fauna (Polychaeta) of the Arctic and Antarctic]. K faune mnogoshchetinkovikh chervei (Polychaeta) Arkitki i Antarktiki. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 36(11): 1659-1672.
page(s): 1661-1662 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Canary Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Identification Kolbasova et al (2025) disregard what they state are the numerous records of P. longicirrata from the Arctic and Antarctic waters "because we believe that these may be Pelagobia viguieri Gravier, 1911 (Kolbasova et al. 2023)." [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ユメゴカイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pelagobia longicirrata)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (104 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pelagobia longicirrata)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (104 records)
To ITIS