WoRMS taxon details
Phylo felix Kinberg, 1866
244666 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244666)
accepted
Species
Aricia formosa Hansen, 1882 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aricia michaelseni Ehlers, 1897 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Orbinia (Phylo) felix (Kinberg, 1866) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Orbinia (Phylo) felix australis Hartmann-Schröder, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Orbinia (Phylo) michaelseni (Ehlers, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded recombination of...)
superseded recombination of subjective synonym
Orbinia (Phylo) minima Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phylo felix heterosetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phylo minima (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
- Subspecies Phylo felix asiatica Wu, 1962
- Subspecies Phylo felix asiaticus Wu, 1962 accepted as Phylo felix asiatica Wu, 1962 (Mandatory gender agreement requires a spelling of the adjectival epithet as 'asiatica' rather than 'asiaticus' to agree with feminine genus Phylo)
- Subspecies Phylo felix heterosetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Phylo felix Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 251-252 [details]
page(s): 251-252 [details]
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Atlantic Ocean, Brazil
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
Etymology felix -icis is an adjective (masc & fem suffix the same) meaning happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate. Felix can also be a noun...
Etymology felix -icis is an adjective (masc & fem suffix the same) meaning happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate. Felix can also be a noun as a masculine given name used from Roman times, however, it is unlikely Kinberg would have used the word as a noun. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phylo felix Kinberg, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244666 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 251-252 [details]
original description (of Orbinia (Phylo) minima Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990) Hartmann-Schröder G. & Rosenfeldt P. (1990). Die Polychaeten der "Walther Herwig"-Reise 68/1 nach Elephant Island (Antarktis) 1985. Teil 1: Aphroditidae bis Cirratulidae. <em>Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 87: 89-122.
page(s): 106-107, figs. 11-17 [details]
original description (of Orbinia (Phylo) felix australis Hartmann-Schröder, 1984) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1984). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). Teil 10. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 81: 7-62.
page(s): 33-34; note: no figures [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Phylo felix heterosetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305.
page(s): 192-194, figs. 176-177 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Aricia formosa Hansen, 1882) Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 18, plate V figs. 23-27 [details]
original description (of Aricia michaelseni Ehlers, 1897) Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 88-91, plate VI figs. 136-140 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 251-252 [details]
original description (of Orbinia (Phylo) minima Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990) Hartmann-Schröder G. & Rosenfeldt P. (1990). Die Polychaeten der "Walther Herwig"-Reise 68/1 nach Elephant Island (Antarktis) 1985. Teil 1: Aphroditidae bis Cirratulidae. <em>Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 87: 89-122.
page(s): 106-107, figs. 11-17 [details]
original description (of Orbinia (Phylo) felix australis Hartmann-Schröder, 1984) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1984). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). Teil 10. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 81: 7-62.
page(s): 33-34; note: no figures [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Phylo felix heterosetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305.
page(s): 192-194, figs. 176-177 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Aricia formosa Hansen, 1882) Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 18, plate V figs. 23-27 [details]
original description (of Aricia michaelseni Ehlers, 1897) Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 88-91, plate VI figs. 136-140 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653
page(s): 90, figs 42-43; note: redescription, not from type. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 90, figs 42-43; note: redescription, not from type. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1957). Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(3): 211-393., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160176 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype (of Orbinia (Phylo) minima Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990) ZMH P-19931, geounit Elephant Island [details]
Paratype (of Orbinia (Phylo) minima Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1990) ZMH P-19932, geounit Elephant Island [details]
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Etymology felix -icis is an adjective (masc & fem suffix the same) meaning happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate. Felix can also be a noun as a masculine given name used from Roman times, however, it is unlikely Kinberg would have used the word as a noun. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
