AfReMaS taxon details
Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864
129235 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129235)
accepted
Genus
- Species Chrysopetalum debile (Grube, 1855)
- Species Chrysopetalum ehlersi Gravier, 1902 accepted as Paleanotus debilis (Grube, 1855) accepted as Chrysopetalum debile (Grube, 1855)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 80; note: based on existing Palmyra debilis Grube [details]
page(s): 80; note: based on existing Palmyra debilis Grube [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129235 on 2025-05-31
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129235 on 2025-05-31
Date
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original description
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 80; note: based on existing Palmyra debilis Grube [details]
basis of record 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). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x
page(s): 645 [details] Available for editors
status source Perkins, T. H. (1985). Chrysopetalum, Bhawania and two new genera of Chrysopetalidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(4): 856-915., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649145
page(s): 865 [details]
biology source Watson, Charlotte. (2020). Transformative notochaetae: larval development and metamorphosis in <em>Chrysopetalum </em>spp. (Chrysopetalinae: Chrysopetalidae: Annelida) [IPC13]. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 19(1): 209-221., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zs/article/view/zoosymposia.19.1.21 [details]
page(s): 80; note: based on existing Palmyra debilis Grube [details]
basis of record 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). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x
page(s): 645 [details] Available for editors
status source Perkins, T. H. (1985). Chrysopetalum, Bhawania and two new genera of Chrysopetalidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(4): 856-915., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649145
page(s): 865 [details]
biology source Watson, Charlotte. (2020). Transformative notochaetae: larval development and metamorphosis in <em>Chrysopetalum </em>spp. (Chrysopetalinae: Chrysopetalidae: Annelida) [IPC13]. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 19(1): 209-221., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zs/article/view/zoosymposia.19.1.21 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
