WoRMS taxon details
Eunice afra Peters, 1854
209828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209828)
accepted
Species
Eunice (Eunice) afra Peters, 1854 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Eunice afra punctata Peters, 1854 accepted as Eunice petersi Fauchald, 1992 (superseded as subspecies, renamed homonym as full species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511
page(s): 611 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 611 [no figures] [details]
Description distribution:Pacific Ocean, Philippine Islands , Malaya Seas, Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Red Sea(Fauvel, 1953).
Description distribution:Pacific Ocean, Philippine Islands , Malaya Seas, Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Red Sea(Fauvel, 1953). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice afra Peters, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209828 on 2026-09-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511
page(s): 611 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]
page(s): 611 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. 1930. [Untitled]. In: Pruvot, G.: Annélides Polychètes de Nouvelle-Caledonie recueillies par M. Francois, avec une introduction et des notes de Pierre Fauvel. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 70: 1-94. [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. 1930. [Untitled]. In: Pruvot, G.: Annélides Polychètes de Nouvelle-Caledonie recueillies par M. Francois, avec une introduction et des notes de Pierre Fauvel. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 70: 1-94. [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
additional source de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 110-11, plate 6 figs. 135-139 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 33-35, fig. 1a-n [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 66-67 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 110-11, plate 6 figs. 135-139 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 33-35, fig. 1a-n [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 66-67 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description distribution:Pacific Ocean, Philippine Islands , Malaya Seas, Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Red Sea(Fauvel, 1953). [details]Type locality Indian Ocean, Mozambique [details]
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| Japanese | コンボウイソメ | [details] |
