WoRMS taxon details
Thelepus robustus (Grube, 1878)
334930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334930)
accepted
Species
Phenacia robusta Grube, 1878 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Phenacia robusta Grube, 1878) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 235-236, plate XII fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 235-236, plate XII fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal, but recorded down to 840 m.
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; Western Australia); Indonesia; Philippines.
Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal, but recorded down to 840 m. [details]
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; Western Australia); Indonesia; Philippines.
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; Western Australia); Indonesia; Philippines. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus robustus (Grube, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334930 on 2025-07-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Phenacia robusta Grube, 1878) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 235-236, plate XII fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 235-236, plate XII fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 146 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 241-242, figs. 8B, 11B, 16-18 [details]
additional source Caullery, Maurice. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204.
page(s): 166-167, fig. 131A-F [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 146 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 241-242, figs. 8B, 11B, 16-18 [details]
additional source Caullery, Maurice. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204.
page(s): 166-167, fig. 131A-F [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 Intertidal to shallow subtidal, but recorded down to 840 m. [details]Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; Western Australia); Indonesia; Philippines. [details]
Habitat In sand to muddy substrata, and inshore fringing coral reefs. Robust tubes made of small pieces of shell fragments and gravel often attached on underside, to dead coral, mussels, oysters, or rocks. [details]
