Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 1904 
AphiaID: 130711

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Canalipalpata > Spionida > Spioniformia > Poecilochaetidae > Poecilochaetus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Poecilochaetus Claparède, 1875
Sources		original description: Allen, E.J. 1905. The anatomy of Poecilochaetus, Claparède. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London, Ser. new series, 48: 79-151. [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] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632, available online at http://hydro.bio.msu.ru/Personal/Jirkov.htm [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Baie de la Seine [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Golfe Normanno-Breton [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North Sea [details] Plymouth [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Roscoff [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Specimen		Holotype , locality English Channel (Atlantic Ocean) [details]
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Image		Picture of Poecilochaetus serpens added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H. qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130711
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 1904. 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=130711 on 2013-05-25
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