WoRMS name details
Sthenelais variabilis Potts, 1910
220414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220414)
unaccepted (synonym in part)
Species
- Subspecies Sthenelais variabilis colorata Hartman, 1939
- Subspecies Sthenelais variabilis colorata Monro, 1924 accepted as Sthenelais colorata Monro, 1924 (superseded original combination, upgraded to species rank)
- Subspecies Sthenelais variabilis glabra Potts, 1910 accepted as Fimbriosthenelais longipinnis (Grube, 1870) (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Sthenelais variabilis hirsuta Potts, 1910 accepted as Fimbriosthenelais hirsuta (Potts, 1910) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 349-350, plate 21 fig. 63 [details]
page(s): 349-350, plate 21 fig. 63 [details]
Note Indian Ocean, Maldive Islands and Zanzibar
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Maldive Islands and Zanzibar [details]
Distribution Maldive Archipelago, Zanzibar
Distribution Maldive Archipelago, Zanzibar [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenelais variabilis Potts, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220414 on 2026-06-07
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2000-08-01 14:04:56Z
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Vermaercke, Sigrid
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Nomenclature
original description
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 349-350, plate 21 fig. 63 [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
page(s): 349-350, plate 21 fig. 63 [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Partial revision of the genus Sthenelais Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) with diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 109: 1-40., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5688 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality Indian Ocean, Maldive Islands and Zanzibar [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Maldive Archipelago, Zanzibar [details]Synonymy according to Pettibone (1971) part of Sthenelais variabilis Potts, 1910 is synonym to Fimbriosthenelais longipinnis (Grube, 1870 and part is synonym to F. hirsuta (Potts, 1910). (R. Barnich) [details]
