WoRMS taxon details
Eurythoe Kinberg, 1857
129186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129186)
accepted
Genus
Eurythoe capensis Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Amphinome (Eurythoe) Kinberg, 1857 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent rank change)
Blenda Kinberg, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lycaretus Kinberg, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe brasiliensis Hansen, 1882
- Species Eurythoe clavata Baird, 1868
- Species Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Eurythoe dubia Horst, 1912
- Species Eurythoe encopochaeta (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Eurythoe hedenborgi Kinberg, 1857
- Species Eurythoe heterotricha Potts, 1909
- Species Eurythoe indica (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Eurythoe karachiensis Bindra, 1927
- Species Eurythoe laevisetis Fauvel, 1914
- Species Eurythoe longicirra (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Eurythoe matthaii Bindra, 1927
- Species Eurythoe spirocirrata Essenberg, 1917
- Species Eurythoe syriaca Kinberg, 1857
- Species Eurythoe latissima (Schmarda, 1861) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, generic placement uncertain)
- Species Eurythoe albosetosa Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe alcyonia [auct. misspelling of alcyonea] accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, 'misspelling' by Gravier 1902 of subjective synonym Pleione alcyonea Lamarck)
- Species Eurythoe ambigua Monro, 1933 accepted as Linopherus ambigua (Monro, 1933) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eurythoe assimilis McIntosh, 1924 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe borealis M. Sars, 1862 accepted as Pareurythoe borealis (M. Sars, 1862) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eurythoe californica Johnson, 1897 accepted as Pareurythoe californica (Johnson, 1897) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eurythoe capensis Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe chilensis Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Pareurythoe paupera (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe corallina Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe ehlersi Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe havaica Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe indica Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe kamehameha Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe macrotricha (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe oculata Treadwell, 1941 accepted as Cryptonome oculata (Treadwell, 1941) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eurythoe pacifica Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912 accepted as Cryptonome parvecarunculata (Horst, 1912) (superseded original combination)
- Species Eurythoe paupera (Grube, 1857) accepted as Pareurythoe paupera (Grube, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Eurythoe rullieri Fauvel, 1953 accepted as Kudenovythoe rullieri (Fauvel, 1953) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Eurythoe smaragdina (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Hermodice smaragdina (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded recombination)
- Species Eurythoe stylifera (Grube, 1860) accepted as Amphinome stylifera Grube, 1860 (superseded recombination)
- Species Eurythoe turcica Çinar, 2008 accepted as Cryptonome turcica (Çinar, 2008) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1857). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider. [II Amphinomea] [New genera and species of Annelids.]. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 14(1): 11-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966902
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Note Type species E. capensis Kinberg 1857 in...
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Type species Type species E. capensis Kinberg 1857 in Hartman Catalogue [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eurythoe Kinberg, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129186 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1857). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider. [II Amphinomea] [New genera and species of Annelids.]. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 14(1): 11-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966902
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Blenda Kinberg, 1867) Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om Amphinomernas systematik. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(3): 83-91., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326623
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Lycaretus Kinberg, 1867) Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om regeneration af hufvudet och de främre segmenterna hos en Annulat. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(2): 53-57., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326593
page(s): 55 [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): 13 [details]
original description (of Blenda Kinberg, 1867) Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om Amphinomernas systematik. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(3): 83-91., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326623
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Lycaretus Kinberg, 1867) Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om regeneration af hufvudet och de främre segmenterna hos en Annulat. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(2): 53-57., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326593
page(s): 55 [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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Arias, Andrés; Barroso, Rômulo; Anadón, Nuria; Paiva, Paulo. 2013. On the occurrence of the fireworm Eurythoe complanata complex (Annelida, Amphinomidae) in the Mediterranean Sea with an updated revision of the alien Mediterranean amphinomids. ZooKeys 337(0): 19-33
, available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.337.5811 [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]
additional source Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om Amphinomernas systematik. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(3): 83-91., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326623
page(s): 90-91 [details]
additional source Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om Amphinomernas systematik. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(3): 83-91., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326623
page(s): 90-91 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Kinberg (1857: 13): "Corpus longum, depressum, segmentis rectangulis; lobus cephalicus magnus rotundatus, carunculo mediocri, minute lobato; antennae et palpi a segmento primo orientes; cirrus dorsualis unicus; setae pedum dorsualium aliae lineares subarticulatae, aliae subbifidae, serratae ramo altero brevissimo, l. rarius, earum loco, lineares; ventralium bifidae. Branchiae in nostris inde a segmento tertio." [details]Type species Type species E. capensis Kinberg 1857 in Hartman Catalogue [details]
