WoRMS taxon details
Abarenicola insularum Wells, 1963
413979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413979)
accepted
Species
Abarenicola assimilis insularum Wells, 1963 · unaccepted > superseded rank (rank upgrade to species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Abarenicola assimilis insularum Wells, 1963) Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01858.x
page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Campbell Island
type locality contained in Campbell Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Abarenicola insularum Wells, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413979 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Abarenicola assimilis insularum Wells, 1963) Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01858.x
page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 134; note: holotype Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic. Also specimens from Auckland Island, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
