WoRMS taxon details
Torrea Quatrefages, 1850
129149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129149)
accepted
Genus
Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (type by monotypy)
Asterope Claparède, 1870 · unaccepted
Liocapa Costa, 1862 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Torea [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (misspelling for 'Torrea')
- Species Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
- Species Torrea pelagica Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434497
page(s): 34 (footnote) [details]
page(s): 34 (footnote) [details]
Note The type species of the genus Torrea...
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Type species The type species of the genus Torrea Quatrefages, 1850 is referred to be Alciopa candida delle Chiaje, 1828 by authors such as Hartman (1959: 171), Day (1967: 186) or Fauchald (1977: 52), which is erroneous. The correct type species is Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850, as stated in Støp-Bowitz (1948: 22; 1992: 37), having been designated by monotypy. [details]
Etymology The generic name Torrea seems to make reference to the type locality of Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850, the type of the...
Etymology The generic name Torrea seems to make reference to the type locality of Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850, the type of the genus, collected around Torre dell'Isola ("environs de la Torre dell'Isola"; Quatrefages, 1850: 34), in the northern coast of Sicily (Italy, Mediterranean Sea). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Torrea Quatrefages, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129149 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434497
page(s): 34 (footnote) [details]
original description (of Asterope Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 471-472 [details]
original description (of Liocapa Costa, 1862) Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374
page(s): 87 [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]
page(s): 34 (footnote) [details]
original description (of Asterope Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 471-472 [details]
original description (of Liocapa Costa, 1862) Costa, A. (1862). Descrizione di alcuni Anellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 1(9): 82-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823374
page(s): 87 [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]
Other
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis "Ce genre, pour lequel nous proposerons le nom de Torrea, se distingue des Alciopes par les pieds qui ne portent que deux lobes foliacés, l'un en dessus, l'autre en dessous du tubercule sétigère." (Quatrefages, 1850: 34). [details]Etymology The generic name Torrea seems to make reference to the type locality of Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850, the type of the genus, collected around Torre dell'Isola ("environs de la Torre dell'Isola"; Quatrefages, 1850: 34), in the northern coast of Sicily (Italy, Mediterranean Sea). [details]
Type species The type species of the genus Torrea Quatrefages, 1850 is referred to be Alciopa candida delle Chiaje, 1828 by authors such as Hartman (1959: 171), Day (1967: 186) or Fauchald (1977: 52), which is erroneous. The correct type species is Torrea vitrea Quatrefages, 1850, as stated in Støp-Bowitz (1948: 22; 1992: 37), having been designated by monotypy. [details]
