Aphia taxon details
Euphione McIntosh, 1885
236733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236733)
accepted
Genus
Euphione elisabethae McIntosh, 1885 (type by monotypy)
Lepidonotus (Physalidonotus) Ehlers, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Physalidonotus Ehlers, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Euphione branchifera (Moore, 1903)
- Species Euphione chitoniformis (Moore, 1903)
- Species Euphione elisabethae McIntosh, 1885
- Species Euphione ornata Knox, 1960
- Species Euphione squamosa (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Euphione suluensis (Horst, 1917)
- Species Euphione tenuisetosa Gravier, 1902 accepted as Lepidonotus tenuisetosus (Gravier, 1902) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 62-64, plate IX figure 3; plate XVII figure 7, plate VIII figure 10, plate VIIIA figures 3-6 [details]
page(s): 62-64, plate IX figure 3; plate XVII figure 7, plate VIII figure 10, plate VIIIA figures 3-6 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Euphione McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236733 on 2026-08-07
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McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 62-64, plate IX figure 3; plate XVII figure 7, plate VIII figure 10, plate VIIIA figures 3-6 [details]
original description (of Physalidonotus Ehlers, 1904) Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 9 [details]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 62-64, plate IX figure 3; plate XVII figure 7, plate VIII figure 10, plate VIIIA figures 3-6 [details]
original description (of Physalidonotus Ehlers, 1904) Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 9 [details]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (1997). Polychaetous annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis 12 elytral pairs, elytrophores with branchiae, notochaetae capillary (fide Fauchald, 1977). [details]
