World Polychaeta Database - Neoamphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826)

Polychaeta name details

Neoamphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826)

AphiaID

1443631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1443631)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)

Accepted name

Amphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826)

Rank

Species

Parent

Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917

Original name

Terebella variabilis Risso, 1826

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Terebella variabilis 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): 408-409 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Neoamphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1443631 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-06-24 03:07:19Z

created

Read, Geoffrey

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Sources (2)

original description (of Terebella variabilis 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): 408-409 [details]

new combination reference Uschakov, P.V. (1955). Mnogoshchetinkovye chervi dal'nevostochnykh morei SSSR. [The Polychaeta from the Far-Eastern Seas of the USSR]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Republik.</em> 56: 1-445.
page(s): 392; note: Used as the type of Neoamphitrite, without explanation. See also the 1965 translation [details]