WoRMS taxon details
Eunice gracilis Grube, 1866
736176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736176)
accepted
Species
Eunice antennata gracilis Grube, 1866 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent...)
superseded subsequent combination, downgraded to subspecies rank
Eunice gracilis antennatae Grube, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Eunice gracilis antennatae Grube, 1867 accepted as Eunice gracilis Grube, 1866 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1866). Beschreibungen neuer von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachter Anneliden und einer neuen Landplanarie. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 173-184., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26723400
page(s): 174 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 174 [no figures] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice gracilis Grube, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736176 on 2025-12-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1866). Beschreibungen neuer von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachter Anneliden und einer neuen Landplanarie. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 173-184., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26723400
page(s): 174 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Eunice gracilis antennatae Grube, 1867) Grube, A. E. (1867). Anneliden. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil.</em> 2(3.2): 1-46, plates I-IV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11710832
page(s): 9-11, plate I fig. 2; note: probably a lapsus calami, intended for Eunice antennata gracilis [details]
page(s): 174 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Eunice gracilis antennatae Grube, 1867) Grube, A. E. (1867). Anneliden. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil.</em> 2(3.2): 1-46, plates I-IV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11710832
page(s): 9-11, plate I fig. 2; note: probably a lapsus calami, intended for Eunice antennata gracilis [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523
page(s): 159-160, fig. 51h-m, tabls 46-48; note: redescription of syntypes [details]
page(s): 159-160, fig. 51h-m, tabls 46-48; note: redescription of syntypes [details]
