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Polychaeta taxon details

Amphiro Kinberg, 1864 
AphiaID: 129277

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Amphiro atlantica Kinberg, 1865 (type by monotypy)
Parent Eunicidae Berthold, 1827
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphiron Chamberlin, 1919 (misspelled)
Sources  original description: Kinberg, J. G. H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm, 21(10): 559-574.
page(s): 565 [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: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

status source: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp.
page(s): 307 [details]


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taxa

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 Species Amphiro constrictor Montagu, 1808
Species Amphiro gigantea Montagu, 1808
Species Amphiro pacifica Rullier, 1972

Species Amphiro atlantica Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Marphysa atlantica (Kinberg, 1865)
Species Amphiro cirrata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Amphitrite cirrata (O. F. Müller, 1771 in 1776)
Species Amphiro foetida Montagu in McIntosh, 1922 accepted as Amphitrite cirrata (O. F. Müller, 1771 in 1776)
Species Amphiro johnsoni Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Marphysa johnsoni (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Amphiro nebulosa Montagu, 1808 accepted as Eupolymnia nebulosa (Montagu, 1818)
Species Amphiro simplex Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Editor's comment: Moved from Terebellidae. The genus is Eunicidae. The confusion with Terebellidae arises from Hartman (1959:495) citing secondary records in McIntosh. These are yet to be checked to see how they arise. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129277
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-03-05 09:00:37Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-09-18 23:08:58Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Amphiro Kinberg, 1864. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129277 on 2013-05-26