WoRMS name details
Diopatra pourtalesii Ehlers, 1879
339422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339422)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1879). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. IV. Preliminary report on the worms. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 5(12): 269-274., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295956
page(s): 273 [footnote]; note: based on a empty tube [details]
page(s): 273 [footnote]; note: based on a empty tube [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, West Indies
Unreviewed
Type locality Caribbean Sea, West Indies [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra pourtalesii Ehlers, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339422 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1879). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. IV. Preliminary report on the worms. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 5(12): 269-274., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295956
page(s): 273 [footnote]; note: based on a empty tube [details]
page(s): 273 [footnote]; note: based on a empty tube [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. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 74-75, plate 19 figs. 6-10, plate 20 figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 74-75, plate 19 figs. 6-10, plate 20 figs. 1-6 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
