WoRMS name details
Ammochares aedificator Andrews, 1891
337457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337457)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Ammochares Grube, 1846 accepted as Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195
page(s): 296-297, plate XVIII figs. 42-45 [details]
page(s): 296-297, plate XVIII figs. 42-45 [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Ammochares aedificator Andrews, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337457 on 2026-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195
page(s): 296-297, plate XVIII figs. 42-45 [details]
page(s): 296-297, plate XVIII figs. 42-45 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
