Amphiro Kinberg, 1864 
AphiaID: 129277

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family)

Status		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]
All child taxa [hide all]		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 2013-05-25