WoRMS name details
Ammochares Grube, 1846
325686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325686)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Ammochares ottonis Grube, 1846 accepted as Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 (type by monotypy)
- Species Ammochares aedificator Andrews, 1891 accepted as Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 (subjective synonym)
- Species Ammochares artifex Verrill, 1885 accepted as Owenia artifex (Verrill, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851 accepted as Owenia assimilis (Sars, 1851) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ammochares brasiliensis Hansen, 1882 accepted as Owenia brasiliensis (Hansen, 1882) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ammochares occidentalis Johnson, 1901 accepted as Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 (subjective synonym)
- Species Ammochares orientalis Grube, 1878 accepted as Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 (subjective synonym)
- Species Ammochares ottonis Grube, 1846 accepted as Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 (subjective synonym)
- Species Ammochares sundevalli Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Owenia sundevalli (Kinberg, 1867) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ammochares tegula Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Owenia tegula (Kinberg, 1867) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ammochares tenuis Haswell, 1883 accepted as Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph-Eduard 1846. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Zweiter Beitrag: Corephorus elegans Gr., Ammochares Ottonis Gr., Dasymallus caducus Gr., Scalis minax Gr. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 12: 161-171,plate 5, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704924
page(s): 163 [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Ammochares Grube, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325686 on 2026-08-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, Adolph-Eduard 1846. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Zweiter Beitrag: Corephorus elegans Gr., Ammochares Ottonis Gr., Dasymallus caducus Gr., Scalis minax Gr. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 12: 161-171,plate 5, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704924
page(s): 163 [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 355; note: McIntosh records that Ammochares is a synonym of Owenia, although this was probably known earlier [details]
page(s): 355; note: McIntosh records that Ammochares is a synonym of Owenia, although this was probably known earlier [details]
Other
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 343 [details]
additional source Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 204 [details]
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 343 [details]
additional source Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 204 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Ammochares was for a time included in the Maldanidae following Grube (1851) but placed as type genus of Ammocharidae by Malmgren (1867). By 1915 McIntosh was including Ammochares in Owenia and referring Ammochares ottonis to Owenia fusiformis. [details]
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