WoRMS taxon details
Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863
129232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129232)
accepted
Genus
Mesotrocha Leuckart & Pagenstecher in Leuckart, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (larval stage, uncertain placement...)
larval stage, uncertain placement but perhaps Phyllochaetopterus
Phyllochaetopreus [auctt. misspelling] · unaccepted (lapsus)
- Species Phyllochaetopterus aciculigerus Crossland, 1904
- Species Phyllochaetopterus anglicus Potts, 1914
- Species Phyllochaetopterus arabicus Grube, 1870
- Species Phyllochaetopterus awasensis Nishi & Hsieh, 2009
- Species Phyllochaetopterus bhaudi Jirkov, 2001
- Species Phyllochaetopterus claparedii McIntosh, 1885
- Species Phyllochaetopterus elioti Crossland, 1903
- Species Phyllochaetopterus gardineri Crossland, 1904
- Species Phyllochaetopterus gigas Nishi & Rouse, 2014
- Species Phyllochaetopterus gracilis Grube, 1863
- Species Phyllochaetopterus hainanensis Wang & Li, 2017
- Species Phyllochaetopterus herdmani (Hornell in Willey, 1905)
- Species Phyllochaetopterus lauensis Nishi & Rouse, 2007
- Species Phyllochaetopterus limicolus Hartman, 1960
- Species Phyllochaetopterus major Claparède, 1869
- Species Phyllochaetopterus monroi Hartman, 1967
- Species Phyllochaetopterus polus Morineaux Nishi Ormos & Mouchel, 2010
- Species Phyllochaetopterus prolifica Potts, 1914
- Species Phyllochaetopterus ramosus Willey, 1905
- Species Phyllochaetopterus sibogae Caullery, 1944
- Species Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1869
- Species Phyllochaetopterus verrilli Treadwell, 1943
- Species Phyllochaetopterus anglica Potts, 1914 accepted as Phyllochaetopterus anglicus Potts, 1914 (gender agreement)
- Species Phyllochaetopterus brevitentaculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Phyllochaetopterus verrilli Treadwell, 1943 (subjective synonym)
- Species Phyllochaetopterus fallax Claparède, 1869 accepted as Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1869 (subjective synonym)
- Species Phyllochaetopterus pacifica MacGinitie & MacGinitie, 1949 accepted as Phyllochaetopterus prolifica Potts, 1914
- Species Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903 accepted as Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1869 (subjective synonym)
- Species Phyllochaetopterus solitarius Rioja, 1917 accepted as Spiochaetopterus solitarius (Rioja, 1917) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Grube, A.E. (1863). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Sechster Beitrag. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 29: 37-69, and plates 4-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7071934
page(s): 52 [details]
page(s): 52 [details]
Note Type species P. gracillis Grube 1863 <246>.
Type species Type species P. gracillis Grube 1863 <246>. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129232 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, A.E. (1863). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Sechster Beitrag. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 29: 37-69, and plates 4-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7071934
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Mesotrocha Leuckart & Pagenstecher in Leuckart, 1855) Leuckart, R. 1855. Ueber die Jugendzustande einiger Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 21(1): 63-80. [details]
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Mesotrocha Leuckart & Pagenstecher in Leuckart, 1855) Leuckart, R. 1855. Ueber die Jugendzustande einiger Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 21(1): 63-80. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Nishi, E.; Rouse, G.W. 2007. A new species of Phyllochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae : Annelida) from near hydrothermal vents in the Lau Basin, western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa (1621): 55-64, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2007/2007-10.html#Zootaxa%201621
page(s): 61 [details]
identification resource Wang, Yueyun; Li, Xinzheng. (2017). A new species of Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863 (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.</em> 35(2): 360-366., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-016-5256-1
note: There is a binary key to species of Phyllochaetopterus from the Pacific Ocea [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 61 [details]
identification resource Wang, Yueyun; Li, Xinzheng. (2017). A new species of Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863 (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.</em> 35(2): 360-366., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-016-5256-1
note: There is a binary key to species of Phyllochaetopterus from the Pacific Ocea [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
biology source Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Chen, Chong; Nishi, Eijiroh; Ohara, Yasuhiko. (2021). Cryptic diversity of the tube-dwelling polychaete Phyllochaetopterus in the Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench. <em>Plankton and Benthos Research.</em> 16(1): 73-77., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pbr/16/1/16_B160103 [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
biology source Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Chen, Chong; Nishi, Eijiroh; Ohara, Yasuhiko. (2021). Cryptic diversity of the tube-dwelling polychaete Phyllochaetopterus in the Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench. <em>Plankton and Benthos Research.</em> 16(1): 73-77., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pbr/16/1/16_B160103 [details]




From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863: Diagnosis [Modified after Britayev & Martin (2019), Moore et al 2017] Chaetopteridae with long peristomial palps and 3 distinct body regions. Prostomium sometimes a rounded and distinct dorsal lobe. Tagma A with separate notopodial cirri on A1, with 9-10 A chaetigers with lanceolate notochaetae, with (usually) multiple straight spines (cutting chaetae) on chaetiger 4. Tagma B with up to 24 chaetigers and muliple cupules, notopodia achaetigerous, bi- or tri-lobed, neuropodia with unicini. Tagma C with numerous segments with pointed achaetigerous notopodia, with neuropodia with pectinate uncini. Tube blind with 1 surface opening, sometimes branched, tube walls of clean chitin-like material, annulated, with internal septa.
Molecularly Phyllochaetopterus sensu lato is mixed with Spiochaetopterus, but Phyllochaetopterus sensu stricto is distinct
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Type species Type species P. gracillis Grube 1863 <246>. [details]
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Japanese | ツノツバサゴカイ属 | [details] |