Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830 
AphiaID: 129229

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Canalipalpata > Spionida > Chaetopteridae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Chaetopteridae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833d
Sources		original description: Cuvier, G. 1830. Le règne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. 2nd Edition. Volume 3 [includes Polychaeta]. 1-504. Déterville et Crochard. Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17681 page(s): 208 [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129229
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2012-07-09 22:25:23Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129229 on 2013-06-19
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