Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) 
AphiaID: 129789

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sedentaria (Subclass) > Canalipalpata (Infraclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Ampharetidae (Family) > Ampharetinae (Subfamily) > Anobothrus (Genus) > Anobothrus gracilis (Species)

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884
Orig. name		Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866
Synonymised names		Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866 (superseded original combination) Sosane gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) (superseded combination) Sosane sulcata nidrosiensis Bidenkap, 1907 (subjective synonym)
Sources		basis of record Bellan, Gerard. (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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/77636.pdf [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 Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Hessle, C. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120026#page/51/mode/1up [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] basis of record (of Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866) 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] source of synonymy (of Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866) Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy (of Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866) Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] original description (of Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, A. J. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(1): 51-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100715#page/61/mode/1up [details] original description (of Sosane sulcata nidrosiensis Bidenkap, 1907) Bidenkap, Olaf 1907. Fortegnelse over de i Tronhjemsfjorden hidtil observerede Annulata Polychaeta. Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter, 1906(10): 1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37124#page/373/mode/1up [details] context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		type locality contained in Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details] From other sources Barentsz Sea Kongsfjord [details] France Wimereux (doubtful) [details] Gulf of Saint Lawrence Manicouagan [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Atlantic Ocean European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North East Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details] North Sea Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (doubtful) [details] Spain Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]  Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Feedingtype		deposit feeder: surface [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)  To Encyclopedia of Life  To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)  To Marine Species Identification Portal  To PESI  To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (320 records)  To ITIS
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Polychaeta) [details] Functional group plankton > zooplankton » Stage larva (inherited from Polychaeta) [details] Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 50 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details] Body size 50 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details] Body size 50 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details] Body size 50 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details] Body size 21 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 21 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 21 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 21 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 51 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 81 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] Body size 80 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details] Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details] AMBI ecological group tolerant to disturbance (III) [details]
Notes		From other sources Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); south of Cape Cod [details] Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Spelling In Müller (2004) as Anabothrus gracilis [details]
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129789
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: Bellan, G. (2008). Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129789 on 2017-10-21