WoRMS name details
Amphitrite grayi Malmgren, 1866
332951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332951)
alternative representation (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 377, plate XXII fig. 56 [details]
page(s): 377, plate XXII fig. 56 [details]
Etymology The species is named after the British zoologist Dr. John Edward Gray (b. Walsall, England, 12 February 1800 – d. London,...
Status Alternate representation as Amphitrite grayi as the combination in Neoamphitrite is not recognized as valid by Jirkov (2020)
Etymology The species is named after the British zoologist Dr. John Edward Gray (b. Walsall, England, 12 February 1800 – d. London, England, 7 March 1875), to whom the species is dedicated: "Hanc speciem insignem, omnium cognitorum Terebellaceorum maximam, illustrissimo viro Doctori J. E. Gray mente grata dedicavi" (Malmgren, 1866: 377). [details]
Status Alternate representation as Amphitrite grayi as the combination in Neoamphitrite is not recognized as valid by Jirkov (2020)
Status Alternate representation as Amphitrite grayi as the combination in Neoamphitrite is not recognized as valid by Jirkov (2020) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Amphitrite grayi Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332951 on 2026-02-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 377, plate XXII fig. 56 [details]
page(s): 377, plate XXII fig. 56 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Jirkov, Igor A. (2020). Review of the European Amphitrite (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) with description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 17(4): 311-360., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_17/IZ_17_4_311_360
page(s): 334, figure 18; note: Description. Treated as Amphitrite grayi as Neoamphitrite is not recognized by the author [details]
[request]redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Jirkov, Igor A. (2020). Review of the European Amphitrite (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) with description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 17(4): 311-360., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_17/IZ_17_4_311_360
page(s): 334, figure 18; note: Description. Treated as Amphitrite grayi as Neoamphitrite is not recognized by the author [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named after the British zoologist Dr. John Edward Gray (b. Walsall, England, 12 February 1800 – d. London, England, 7 March 1875), to whom the species is dedicated: "Hanc speciem insignem, omnium cognitorum Terebellaceorum maximam, illustrissimo viro Doctori J. E. Gray mente grata dedicavi" (Malmgren, 1866: 377). [details]Status Alternate representation as Amphitrite grayi as the combination in Neoamphitrite is not recognized as valid by Jirkov (2020) [details]
