WoRMS taxon details
Perkinsiana antarctica (Kinberg, 1866)
174568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174568)
accepted
Species
Laonome antarctica Kinberg, 1866 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Potamilla antarctica Gravier, 1907 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Laonome antarctica Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 354 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 354 [no figures] [details]
Type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego
type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Perkinsiana antarctica (Kinberg, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174568 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Potamilla antarctica Gravier, 1907) Gravier, Charles. (1907). Sur les annélides polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique française (Térébelliens, Serpuliens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13(1): 46-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042305
page(s): 49-50 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Laonome antarctica Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 354 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 277-279, fig. 14A-H; note: recombined from Laonome [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 49-50 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Laonome antarctica Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 354 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 79: 245-295., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/79/3/245/2661635
page(s): 277-279, fig. 14A-H; note: recombined from Laonome [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Giangrande, Adriana; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (1997). The genus <i>Perkinsiana</i> (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) from Antarctica, with descriptions of the new species <i>P. milae</i> and <i>P. borsibrunoi</i>. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 26(3): 267-278., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1997.tb00416.x
page(s): 268, figs. 1A-I, L [no J-K], 2A-B, table 1; note: redescription based on new material with neotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Ángel; Bybee, David R. (2017). Sabellid worms from the Patagonian Shelf and Humboldt Current System (Annelida, Sabellidae): Phyllis Knight-Jones' and José María Orensanz's collections. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4283(1): 1-64., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4283.1.1
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 268, figs. 1A-I, L [no J-K], 2A-B, table 1; note: redescription based on new material with neotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Ángel; Bybee, David R. (2017). Sabellid worms from the Patagonian Shelf and Humboldt Current System (Annelida, Sabellidae): Phyllis Knight-Jones' and José María Orensanz's collections. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4283(1): 1-64., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4283.1.1
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; Yáñez-Rivera, Beatriz; Giangrande, Adriana; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2012). Notes on the species of Perkinsiana (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from Antarctica with the description of P. brigittae sp. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3485(1): 56-68., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3485.1.4
page(s): 60; note: Brief comments on validity. [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Gambi, Maria Cristina.; Patti, Francesco Paolo. (1999). Reproductive biology of Perkinsiana antarctica (Kinberg) (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) in the Straits of Magellan (South America): systematic and ecological implications. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 63 (Supplement 1: 253-259 [Magellan-antarctic: ecosystems that drifted apart. W.e. Arntz and c. Ríos (eds.)]., available online at https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/910 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Gambi, Maria Cristina; Giangrande, Adriana; Patti, Francesco Paolo. (2000). Comparative observations on reproductive biology of four species of Perkinsiana (Polychaeta : Sabellidae : Sabellinae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 67(1): 299-309. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 60; note: Brief comments on validity. [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Gambi, Maria Cristina.; Patti, Francesco Paolo. (1999). Reproductive biology of Perkinsiana antarctica (Kinberg) (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) in the Straits of Magellan (South America): systematic and ecological implications. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 63 (Supplement 1: 253-259 [Magellan-antarctic: ecosystems that drifted apart. W.e. Arntz and c. Ríos (eds.)]., available online at https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/910 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Gambi, Maria Cristina; Giangrande, Adriana; Patti, Francesco Paolo. (2000). Comparative observations on reproductive biology of four species of Perkinsiana (Polychaeta : Sabellidae : Sabellinae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 67(1): 299-309. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica Gravier, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilla antarctica) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica Gravier, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilla antarctica) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamilla antarctica USNM 57335 specimen "a" worm in tube) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamilla antarctica USNM 57335 specimen "a" worm in tube) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica Gravier, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilla antarctica) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica Gravier, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilla antarctica) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamilla antarctica USNM 57335 specimen "a" worm in tube) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamilla antarctica USNM 57335 specimen "a" worm in tube) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records) (from synonym Potamilla antarctica (Kinberg, 1866))
