WoRMS name details
Arenicola claparedi Levinsen, 1884
336354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336354)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 134 [footnote; no figures] [details]
page(s): 134 [footnote; no figures] [details]
Note Naples, Mediterranean Sea
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Type locality Naples, Mediterranean Sea [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicola claparedi Levinsen, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336354 on 2026-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 134 [footnote; no figures] [details]
page(s): 134 [footnote; no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Wells, G. P. (1959). The genera of Arenicolidae (Polychaeta). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 133(2): 301-314., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1959.tb05564.x [details]
Other
additional source
Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 21; note: Unlikely record for New Zealand coast [details]
additional source Horst, Rutger. (1889). Contributions towards the knowledge of the Annelida Polychaeta. II. On <i>Arenicola</i>-specimens from the Gulf of Naples. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 11(1): 37-45, plate 3., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/508699
page(s): 38-40, plate 3 figs. 1-1a [details]
page(s): 21; note: Unlikely record for New Zealand coast [details]
additional source Horst, Rutger. (1889). Contributions towards the knowledge of the Annelida Polychaeta. II. On <i>Arenicola</i>-specimens from the Gulf of Naples. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 11(1): 37-45, plate 3., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/508699
page(s): 38-40, plate 3 figs. 1-1a [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Original description Described briefly in a footnote, no figures, with name printed as A. Claparèdi. Note the single 'i' but Healy & Wells (1959) later added an extra 'i'. Here is the original description: "1) The Mediterranean species, for which I propose the name A. Claparédi, agrees with our species in that the gills begin on the seventh bristle-bearing ring and extend over 13 rings, but differs from it in the following characters: Gills, which are only connected at the base for a very short distance, elongated, with 10 pairs of branches; Dorsal bristles with very weakly developed hairs, ventral bristles with a more strongly pointed, slightly set-off, terminal part." [details]
Spelling Note the single 'i' and no 'e' spelling, although the name honours 'Claparède'. Some subsequent authors assumed without checking that the name spelling was 'claparedei' or 'claparedii [details]
Type locality Naples, Mediterranean Sea [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Zoological Museum, Copenhagen [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
