Arabella iricolor
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
creator: Read, Geoffrey
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129854 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2011-11-20T03:50:45Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804)
class: Polychaeta
family: Oenonidae
genus: Arabella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London. 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7.
name published in: Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Die Polychaeten der 'Atlantischen Kuppenfahrt' von F.S. 'Meteor' (Fahrt 9 c, 1967). 1. Proben aus Schleppgeräten. METEOR Forsch.-Ergebnisse, D(31): 63-90.
name published in: Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement].
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name published in: Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855).
name published in: Milne Edwards, Henri. (1837 [1837-1848]). Les Annélides. In: Cuvier, G.(ed.). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, par Georges Cuvier. Édition accompagnée de planches gravées, représentant les types de tous les genres, les caractères dístinctifs des divers groupes et les modifications de structure sur lesquelles repose cette classification; par une réunion de disciples de Cuvier, MM. Audouin, Blanchard, Deshayes, Alcide d'Orbigny, Doyère, Dugès, Duvernoy, Laurillard, Milne Edwards, Roulin et Valenciennes. [book]. [aka 'Le règne animal illustré' or 'Disciples' edition'], pp. 1-54, [Plates in a separate volume, numbered 1-24 (actually totalling 30)]. Fortin, Masson et Cie, Paris. link to Plates.
name published in: Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn. 1857: 158-186.
name published in: Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries]. 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38.
name published in: Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College. 11(1): 1-23.
name published in: Treadwell, A.L. (1921). Leodicidae of the West Indian region. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 15(293): 1-131, plates 1-9 (in colour), 1 map.
name published in: Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg. (série 7) 25(8): 1-300.
name published in: Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. Batteli & Co., Naples. Parts 1-8.
name published in: Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14.
name published in: Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1922). Leodicidae from Fiji and Samoa. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 312: 127-170, plates 1-8.
name published in year: 1804
name published in year: 1979
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1866 (1865)
name published in year: 1840
name published in year: 1855
name published in year: 1837 [1837-1848]
name published in year: 1857
name published in year: 1873
name published in year: 1919
name published in year: 1921
name published in year: 1878
name published in year: 1841-1844
name published in year: 1904
name published in year: 1922
order: Eunicida