WoRMS name details
Abarenicola assimilis insularum Wells, 1963
335351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335351)
unaccepted > superseded rank (rank upgrade to species)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01858.x
page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
Note holotype from Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, of...
Type locality holotype from Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, of New Zealand subantarctic. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Abarenicola assimilis insularum Wells, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335351 on 2026-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01858.x
page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality