WoRMS name details
Euthalenessa insignis Ehlers, 1908
338343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338343)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Euthalenessa insignis sensu Augener, 1918 · unaccepted (superfluous checklist entry in...)
superfluous checklist entry in Hartman, 1959
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 52-55, plate I figs. 10-11, plate II figs. 1-9 [details]
page(s): 52-55, plate I figs. 10-11, plate II figs. 1-9 [details]
Note South Africa
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa [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. Euthalenessa insignis Ehlers, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338343 on 2026-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 52-55, plate I figs. 10-11, plate II figs. 1-9 [details]
page(s): 52-55, plate I figs. 10-11, plate II figs. 1-9 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 108; note: long description of W African specimens [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian H. (1970). Revision of the genus Euthalenessa Darboux (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 52: 1-30., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/6313 [details]
page(s): 108; note: long description of W African specimens [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian H. (1970). Revision of the genus Euthalenessa Darboux (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 52: 1-30., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/6313 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
