WoRMS name details
Cirratulus norvegicus [sensu McIntosh, 1911]
336520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336520)
uncertain > nomen dubium (recombined & alternate spelling usage of Audouinia norwegica)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1911). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXII. 1. On the American <i>Syllides verrilli</i>, Percy Moore, from Woods Hole, Mass. 2. On <i>Nevaya whiteavesi</i>, a form with certain relationships to <i>Sclerocheilus</i>, Grube, from Canada. 3. On the British Cirratulidae. 4. On the Cirratulidae dredged by the H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. 5. On the Cirratulidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, by Dr. Whiteaves. 6. On the Cirratulidae dredged in Norway by Canon Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 7(38): 145-173, plates V-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814853
page(s): 171 [as "Cirratulus norvegicus ?"] [details]
page(s): 171 [as "Cirratulus norvegicus ?"] [details]
Note Not a type, but McIntosh's record of...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Not a type, but McIntosh's record of "Cirratulus norvegicus ?" is from offshore of Dröbak, Christiania Fjord, Norway in 30-100 fathoms (55-183 m). [details]
Taxonomy Confused. As remarked by Southern (1914: see under Cirratulus mcintoshi in WoRMS) it is unclear what McIntosh intended by...
Taxonomy Confused. As remarked by Southern (1914: see under Cirratulus mcintoshi in WoRMS) it is unclear what McIntosh intended by his "Cirratulus norvegicus ?" (note question mark). Given the question mark it is most likely he did not intend to introduce a new species name but rather was tentatively referring to previously described Audouinia norwegica Quatrefages, but in the process correcting norwegica to Latin norvegica, following the same correction in Grube (1873) who had used the recombination "Cirratulus norvegicus" in a listing for Quatrefages species. However, Southern chose to interpret McIntosh's record as intentionally a new species, and thus wrongly regarded it as a secondary homonym (strictly it can't be a homonym as the spelling differs from Quatrefages). Southern doesn't give a description but instead used McIntosh's description for his nom. nov. "Cirratulus Mcintoshi", which has been regarded since as a valid species. Southern included new specimens from Ireland [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cirratulus norvegicus [sensu McIntosh, 1911]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336520 on 2026-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1911). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXII. 1. On the American <i>Syllides verrilli</i>, Percy Moore, from Woods Hole, Mass. 2. On <i>Nevaya whiteavesi</i>, a form with certain relationships to <i>Sclerocheilus</i>, Grube, from Canada. 3. On the British Cirratulidae. 4. On the Cirratulidae dredged by the H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. 5. On the Cirratulidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, by Dr. Whiteaves. 6. On the Cirratulidae dredged in Norway by Canon Norman, D.C.L., F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 7(38): 145-173, plates V-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814853
page(s): 171 [as "Cirratulus norvegicus ?"] [details]
page(s): 171 [as "Cirratulus norvegicus ?"] [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.
page(s): 405 [assigned to then Cirratulus filiformis, now Aphelochaeta] [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 405 [assigned to then Cirratulus filiformis, now Aphelochaeta] [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Confused. As remarked by Southern (1914: see under Cirratulus mcintoshi in WoRMS) it is unclear what McIntosh intended by his "Cirratulus norvegicus ?" (note question mark). Given the question mark it is most likely he did not intend to introduce a new species name but rather was tentatively referring to previously described Audouinia norwegica Quatrefages, but in the process correcting norwegica to Latin norvegica, following the same correction in Grube (1873) who had used the recombination "Cirratulus norvegicus" in a listing for Quatrefages species. However, Southern chose to interpret McIntosh's record as intentionally a new species, and thus wrongly regarded it as a secondary homonym (strictly it can't be a homonym as the spelling differs from Quatrefages). Southern doesn't give a description but instead used McIntosh's description for his nom. nov. "Cirratulus Mcintoshi", which has been regarded since as a valid species. Southern included new specimens from Ireland [details]Type locality Not a type, but McIntosh's record of "Cirratulus norvegicus ?" is from offshore of Dröbak, Christiania Fjord, Norway in 30-100 fathoms (55-183 m). [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
