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WoRMS taxon detailsThelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
131543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131543)
accepted
Species
Amphitrite cincinnata O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Heterophenacia renouardi Marion, 1876 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Heteroterebella madida (Leuckart, 1847) · unaccepted (superseded recombination of...)
superseded recombination of subjective synonym Lumara flava Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phenacia ambigrada Claparède, 1870 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phenacia pulchella Parfitt, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phenacia retrograda Claparède, 1870 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phenacia terebelloides Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sabella conchilega Montagu, 1818 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Terebella lutea Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Terebella madida Leuckart, 1847 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Terebella pustulosa Grube, 1860 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelephusa circinnata Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepodopsis flava M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepus cincinnatus andreanae McIntosh, 1922 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepus cincinnatus canadensis McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepus circinnata [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (misspelling for 'cincinnata')
Venusia punctata Johnston, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine,
recent only
(of Amphitrite cincinnata O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 286-287 [no figures] [details] 
Type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean
type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range 8-1350 m.
Depth range 8-1350 m. [details] Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American,...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles to Pointe des Monts), upper Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone off Sept- Iles); lower North Shore; Cobscook Bay [details] Taxonomy Subfamily: Thelepinae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Subfamily: Thelepinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131543 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Amphitrite cincinnata O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 page(s): 286-287 [no figures] [details] original description (of Heterophenacia renouardi Marion, 1876) Marion, A.-F. (1876 [volume of 1875]). Dragages profonds au large de Marseille. (Juillet-Octobre 1875). Note préliminaire. <em>Revue des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 4 (4): 469-477., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14526635 page(s): 471; note: Brief description as nov. sp., said to be close to Heterophenacia circinata [details] original description (of Lumara flava Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624 page(s): 31, plate II fig. 20 [details] original description (of Phenacia ambigrada Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031 [details] original description (of Phenacia pulchella Parfitt, 1866) Parfitt, Edward 1866. Description of a new species of marine worm (Phenacia pulchella). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 3, 18: 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22252539 page(s): 1-2, plate I (2 figures) [details] original description (of Phenacia retrograda Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031 [details] original description (of Phenacia terebelloides Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 375-376 [details] original description (of Terebella madida Leuckart, 1847) Leuckart, R. (1847). Verzeichniss der zur Fauna Helgoland's gehörenden wirbellosen Seethiere. In: H. Frey & R. Leuckart, 1847. Beiträge zur Kenntniss wirbelloser Thiere. <em>Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1847.</em> chapter pagination 136-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2128 page(s): 154 [details] original description (of Terebella pustulosa Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453 page(s): 100-102, plate IV fig. 7 [details] original description (of Thelepodopsis flava M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G. O. (1872). Diagnoser af nye Annelider fra Christianiaforden, efter Professor M. Sar's efterladte Manuskripter. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 406-417., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067540 page(s): 415 [details] original description (of Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849) Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776 page(s): 169-171, plate III figs. 4A-C [details] original description (of Venusia punctata Johnston, 1865) Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 page(s): 241-242 [details] original description (of Thelephusa circinnata Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Marine fauna of Eastport, Maine. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 3 : 2-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7709614 [details] original description (of Thelepus cincinnatus andreanae McIntosh, 1922) McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111 page(s): 170, plate CXX, CXXVI; note: As Thelepus cinncinnatus var. Andreanae, var. nov. from off northern Scotland [details] original description (of Thelepus cincinnatus canadensis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 469-470, plate XXVIIIA fig. 17 [details] original description (of Terebella lutea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192 page(s): 409 [details] basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] Taxonomysource of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. 1954. Marine polychaete worms from Point Barrow, Alaska, with aditional records from the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 103(3324): 203-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15697820 [details] source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details] redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors  [request]Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). The polychaetes collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. <em>Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18.</em> 9B: 1-41, plates 1-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37673125 page(s): 23B [details] additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1909). Deuxième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'<i>Hirondelle</i> et de la <i>Princesse-Alice</i>, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 142: 1-76., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46491917 [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source 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 [request]additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 469 [details] additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details] additional source Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1898). Annélides polychètes des côtes de France (Manche et Océan). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris.</em> Série 8, 5: 209-464, plates XIII-XXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35661652 page(s): 427-429, plate XXIII fig. 240 [details] additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981 page(s): 38-43, figs. 2-3, 11B, 12, table 2 [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range 8-1350 m. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles to Pointe des Monts), upper Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone off Sept- Iles); lower North Shore; Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Taxonomy Subfamily: Thelepinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sabella conchilega Montagu, 1818) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Phenacia terebelloides Quatrefages, 1866) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thelepus cincinnatus) To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 44 proteins) To NHMUK collection (Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780); syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538761) To NMNH Extant Collection (Thelepus cincinnatus (1) 23792) To NMNH Extant Collection (Thelepus cincinnatus 23792) To PESI To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (35 records) To ITIS From editor or global species database
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