World Polychaeta Database - Pterothrix Chamberlin, 1919

Polychaeta name details

Pterothrix Chamberlin, 1919

AphiaID

1668663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1668663)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym and junior homonym, preoccupied by Pterothrix Nees, 1834 [Hymenoptera] and Pterothrix Ragonot, 1888 [Lepidoptera])

Accepted name

Notocirrus Schmarda, 1861

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Notocirrus scoticus McIntosh, 1869 (type by original designation)

Parent

Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865

Original name

Pterothrix Chamberlin, 1919

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 325; note: erected for Notocirrus scoticus McIntosh, 1869, though a formal new combination was not published [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pterothrix Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1668663 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-07-06 22:23:24Z

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Gil, João

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Sources (1)

original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 325; note: erected for Notocirrus scoticus McIntosh, 1869, though a formal new combination was not published [details]