Aglaophamus circinata (Verrill in Smith & Harger, 1874) 
AphiaID: 157145

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Phyllodocida incertae sedis (Suborder) > Nephtyidae (Family) > Aglaophamus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1865
Synonymised taxa		Nephthys circinata Verrill in Smith & Harger, 1874 (objective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: 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] basis of record: Pettibone, M.H. 1952 MS. Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 32 p. [details] additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] new combination reference: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 227(1): 1-356. page(s): 192 [details] basis of record (from synonym): Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Verrill, A.E. p. 35-46 In: Smith, S.I. and O. Harger. (1874) Report on the dredgings in the region of Georges Banks, in 1872. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3: 1-57. [Certain identifications, and authority for new species Nephthys circinata, Eusyllis phosphorea] page(s): 38-39 [No Figure] [details] [view taxon]
Distribution		Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Manicouagan [details] North West Atlantic [details] Saint Lawrence River [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence to off Long Island Sound [details] Habitat: infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Type specimen: Pettibone (1963) examined the type specimen (Nephthys circinata Verrill), and figures a parapodium. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157145
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-23 07:30:30Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2010-03-30 19:22:42Z   checked   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G. (2013). Aglaophamus circinata (Verrill in Smith & Harger, 1874). 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=157145 on 2013-06-19