Amphiro gigantea Montagu, 1808 
AphiaID: 326385

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiro Kinberg, 1864 accepted as Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865
Synonymised taxa		Amphitrite gigantea (Montagu, 1808) (objective synonym)
Sources		original description: Montagu G. (1808). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London, 9, pp. 81-114;pls. 2-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13719# [details] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] from synonym: McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Note		Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Devonshire, England [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326385
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Amphiro gigantea Montagu, 1808. 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=326385 on 2013-05-22