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Terebellides Sars, 1835

129717  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129717)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Terebelliformia (Suborder)
  9. Trichobranchidae (Family)
  10. Terebellides (Genus)
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  1. Species Terebellides abyssalis (Hartman, 1965)
  2. Species Terebellides africana Augener, 1918
  3. Species Terebellides akares Hutchings, Nogueira & Carrerette, 2015
  4. Species Terebellides anguicomus Müller, 1858
  5. Species Terebellides atlantis Williams, 1984
  6. Species Terebellides augeneri Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  7. Species Terebellides bakkeni Parapar, Capa, Nygren & Moreira, 2020
  8. Species Terebellides baliensis Hsueh & Li, 2017
  9. Species Terebellides banalis Schüller & Hutchings, 2012
  10. Species Terebellides biaciculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1992
  11. Species Terebellides bigeniculatus Parapar, Moreira & Helgason, 2011
  12. Species Terebellides bisetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
  13. Species Terebellides bonifi Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  14. Species Terebellides brevis Imajima & Williams, 1985
  15. Species Terebellides bulbosa Schüller & Hutchings, 2012
  16. Species Terebellides californica Williams, 1984
  17. Species Terebellides canopus Schüller & Hutchings, 2013
  18. Species Terebellides carmenensis Solis-Weiss, Fauchald & Blankensteyn, 1991
  19. Species Terebellides ceneresi Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  20. Species Terebellides concertina Schüller & Hutchings, 2012
  21. Species Terebellides congolanus Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  22. Species Terebellides crux Schüller & Hutchings, 2013
  23. Species Terebellides distincta Williams, 1984
  24. Species Terebellides diva Schüller & Hutchings, 2012
  25. Species Terebellides ectopium Zhang & Hutchings, 2018
  26. Species Terebellides ehlersi McIntosh, 1885
  27. Species Terebellides elenae Lavesque, Nogueira, Daffe & Hutchings, 2024
  28. Species Terebellides europaea Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  29. Species Terebellides eurystethus Chamberlin, 1919
  30. Species Terebellides fauchaldi Lavesque, Nogueira, Daffe & Hutchings, 2024
  31. Species Terebellides fauveli Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  32. Species Terebellides gentili Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  33. Species Terebellides gingko Schüller & Hutchings, 2012
  34. Species Terebellides gracilis Malm, 1874
  35. Species Terebellides gralli Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  36. Species Terebellides guangdongensis Zhang & Hutchings, 2018
  37. Species Terebellides horikoshii Imajima & Williams, 1985
  38. Species Terebellides hutchingsae Parapar, Moreira & Martin, 2016
  39. Species Terebellides intoshi Caullery, 1915
  40. Species Terebellides irinae Gagaev, 2009
  41. Species Terebellides japonica Moore, 1903
  42. Species Terebellides jitu Schüller & Hutchings, 2010
  43. Species Terebellides jorgeni Hutchings, 2007
  44. Species Terebellides kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
  45. Species Terebellides kirkegaardi Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  46. Species Terebellides klemani Kinberg, 1867
  47. Species Terebellides kobei Hessle, 1917
  48. Species Terebellides kongsrudi Parapar, Capa, Nygren & Moreira, 2020
  49. Species Terebellides koreni Hansen, 1882
  50. Species Terebellides kowinka Hutchings & Peart, 2000
  51. Species Terebellides lanai Solis-Weiss, Fauchald & Blankensteyn, 1991
  52. Species Terebellides lavesquei Barroso, Moreira, Capa, Nygren & Parapar, 2022
  53. Species Terebellides lilasae Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  54. Species Terebellides lineata Imajima & Williams, 1985
  55. Species Terebellides lobatus Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
  56. Species Terebellides longicaudatus Hessle, 1917
  57. Species Terebellides longisetus Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  58. Species Terebellides madeep Lavesque, Nogueira, Daffe & Hutchings, 2024
  59. Species Terebellides malvinensis Bremec & Elias, 1999
  60. Species Terebellides marionensis Lavesque & Hutchings, 2025
  61. Species Terebellides mediterranea Parapar, Mikac & Fiege, 2013
  62. Species Terebellides mira Schüller & Hutchings, 2013
  63. Species Terebellides moori Hessle, 1917
  64. Species Terebellides mundora Hutchings & Peart, 2000
  65. Species Terebellides narribri Hutchings & Peart, 2000
  66. Species Terebellides nkossa Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  67. Species Terebellides norvegica Parapar, Capa, Nygren & Moreira, 2020
  68. Species Terebellides oculata Lavesque, Nogueira, Daffe & Hutchings, 2024
  69. Species Terebellides pacifica Kinberg, 1867
  70. Species Terebellides papillosa Lavesque, Nogueira, Daffe & Hutchings, 2024
  71. Species Terebellides parapari Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  72. Species Terebellides parvus Solis-Weiss, Fauchald & Blankensteyn, 1991
  73. Species Terebellides paulina (Grube, 1871)
  74. Species Terebellides persiae Parapar, Moreira, Gil & Martin, 2016
  75. Species Terebellides ramili Parapar, Martin & Moreira, 2020
  76. Species Terebellides reishi Williams, 1984
  77. Species Terebellides resomari Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe, Nygren & Londoño-Mesa, 2019
  78. Species Terebellides rigel Schüller & Hutchings, 2013
  79. Species Terebellides ronningae Parapar, Capa, Nygren & Moreira, 2020
  80. Species Terebellides scotica Parapar, Capa, Nygren & Moreira, 2020
  81. Species Terebellides sepultura Garraffoni & Lana, 2003
  82. Species Terebellides shetlandica Parapar, Moreira & O'Reilly, 2016
  83. Species Terebellides sieboldi Kinberg, 1867
  84. Species Terebellides simonae Lavesque & Hutchings, 2025
  85. Species Terebellides sirius Schüller & Hutchings, 2013
  86. Species Terebellides strepsibranchis (Grube, 1871)
  87. Species Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835
  88. Species Terebellides talboti Lavesque & Hutchings, 2025
  89. Species Terebellides toliman Schüller & Hutchings, 2013
  90. Species Terebellides totae Bremec & Elias, 1999
  91. Species Terebellides umbella Grube, 1869
  92. Species Terebellides vanhoeffeni (Ehlers, 1913)
  93. Species Terebellides woolawa Hutchings & Peart, 2000
  94. Species Terebellides yangi Zhang & Hutchings, 2018
  95. Species Terebellides stroemi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  96. Species Terebellides williamsae Jirkov, 1989 accepted as Terebellides gracilis Malm, 1874 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 48 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Terebellides Sars, 1835. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129717 on 2025-05-22
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Terebellides Sars, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129717 on 2025-05-22
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-03 06:51:11Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-01-28 02:19:35Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2016-02-29 12:03:21Z
changed
Gil, João
2018-10-24 22:20:17Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2019-09-04 01:48:47Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

original description Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 48 [details] 

taxonomy source Garraffoni, A. R. S.; Lana, P. C.; Hutchings, P. (2005). A catalogue of the Trichobranchinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) of the world. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1065, 1-27. [details] 

taxonomy source Parapar, Julio; Martin, Daniel; Moreira, Juan. (2020). On the diversity of <em>Terebellides</em> (Annelida, Trichobranchidae) in West Africa, seven new species and the redescription of <em>T. africana</em> Augener, 1918 stat. prom. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4771(1): 1-61., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4771.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat. (2025). Exploration of the Iziko South African Museum's collection and description of new species of Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebelliformia), part one. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5627(2): 343-359., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5627.2.6 [details] 

additional source Nygren, Arne; Parapar, Julio; Pons, Joan; Meißner, Karin; Bakken, Torkild; Kongsrud, Jon Anders; Oug, Eivind; Gaeva, Daria; Sikorski, Andrey; Johansen, Robert André; Hutchings, Pat Ann; Lavesque, Nicolas; Capa, Maria. (2018). A mega-cryptic species complex hidden among one of the most common annelids in the North East Atlantic. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 13(6): e0198356., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198356
note: indications of 18 additional species (not described) to the seven already described from NE Atlantic [details] 

additional source Hutchings, P.; Peart, R. (2000). A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 14(2): 225-272., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IT98005
page(s): 238-239; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 396 [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  PDF available

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] 

identification resource Garraffoni, André R.S.; Lana, Paulo C. (2003). Species of <i>Terebellides</i> (Polychaeta, Terebellidae, Trichobranchinae) from the Brazilian coast. <em>Iheringia. Série Zoologia.</em> 93(4): 355-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212003000400002 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Parapar, J.; Mikac, B.; Fiege, D. (2013). Diversity of the genus <em>Terebellides</em> (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) in the Adriatic Sea with the description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3691(3): 333., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3691.3.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Parapar, J., J. Moreira & M. O'Reilly. (2016). A new species of Terebellides (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from Scottish waters with an insight into branchial morphology. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 46(1):211-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0353-5
page(s): 223; note: key to Terebellides species of the North East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea [details] 

identification resource Parapar, Julio; Moreira, Juan; Martin, Daniel. (2016). On the diversity of the SE Indo-Pacific species of <i>Terebellides</i> (Annelida; Trichobranchidae), with the description of a new species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 4: e2313., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2313
page(s): 14/23; note: key to all Terebellides species described in SE Indo-Pacific waters [details] 

identification resource Schüller, Myriam; Hutchings, Pat A. (2013). New species of <em>Terebellides</em> (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from the deep Southern Ocean, with a key to all described species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3619(1): 1-45., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3619.1.1
page(s): 41; note: key to all adequately described species then named [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Parapar, Julio; Capa, María; Nygren, Arne; Moreira, Juan. (2020). To name but a few: descriptions of five new species of <em>Terebellides</em> (Annelida, Trichobranchidae) from the North East Atlantic. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 992: 1-58., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/55977
page(s): 43; note: Key to European species of Terebellides [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Lavesque, Nicolas; Nogueira, João M. M.; Daffe, Guillemine.; Hutchings, Pat. (2024). Five new species of Terebellides (Annelida, Polychaeta, Trichobranchidae) from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck and Solomon seas). <em>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.</em> 12: 1349362: 1-22., available online at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2024.1349362/full
note: Key to Terebellides species from the Central Indo-Pacific region [details] 
 
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Sars 1835 original description 
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