WoRMS taxon details
Amphicteis Grube, 1850
129156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129156)
accepted
Genus
Amphitrite gunneri M. Sars, 1835 accepted as Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (type by monotypy)
Crossostoma Gosse, 1855 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphicteis alaskensis Moore, 1906
- Species Amphicteis antarctica Hessle, 1917
- Species Amphicteis atlantica McIntosh, 1885
- Species Amphicteis bifolium Kucheruk, 1976
- Species Amphicteis chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Amphicteis chinensis Sui & Li, 2017
- Species Amphicteis dalmatica Hutchings & Rainer, 1979
- Species Amphicteis fiegei Reuscher, 2017
- Species Amphicteis glabra Moore, 1906
- Species Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Amphicteis hwanghaiensis Wang, Sui, Li, Hutchings & Nogueira, 2020
- Species Amphicteis japonica McIntosh, 1885
- Species Amphicteis malayensis Caullery, 1944
- Species Amphicteis mederi Annenkova, 1929
- Species Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855)
- Species Amphicteis mucronata Moore, 1923
- Species Amphicteis nasuta Ehlers, 1887
- Species Amphicteis nikiti Jirkov, 2018
- Species Amphicteis ninonae Jirkov, 1985
- Species Amphicteis obscurior Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Amphicteis orphnius Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Amphicteis pennata Jeldes & Lefevre, 1959
- Species Amphicteis philippinarum Grube, 1878
- Species Amphicteis posterobranchiata Fauvel, 1932
- Species Amphicteis quadridentata Caullery, 1944
- Species Amphicteis sarsi McIntosh, 1885
- Species Amphicteis scaphobranchiata Moore, 1906
- Species Amphicteis spinosa Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
- Species Amphicteis sundevalli Malmgren, 1866
- Species Amphicteis taurus Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
- Species Amphicteis teresae Schiaparelli & Jirkov, 2016
- Species Amphicteis theeli Caullery, 1944
- Species Amphicteis trichophora Hartman, 1965
- Species Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Amphicteis wesenbergae Parapar, Helgason, Jirkov & Moreira, 2011
- Species Amphicteis acutifrons Grube, 1860 accepted as Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis antiqua Ostroumoff, 1896 accepted as Hypania antiqua (Ostroumoff, 1896) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis brevispinis Grube, 1860 accepted as Hypania brevispinis (Grube, 1860) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis brivispinis accepted as Hypania brevispinis (Grube, 1860) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Printer error in Grube (1860))
- Species Amphicteis curvipalea Claparède, 1870 accepted as Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855) (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphicteis finmarchica Sars, 1865 accepted as Ampharete finmarchica (M. Sars, 1865) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis floridus Hartman, 1951 accepted as Hobsonia florida (Hartman, 1951) (superseded subsequent combination (to species rank))
- Species Amphicteis foliata Haswell, 1883 accepted as Phyllamphicteis foliata (Haswell, 1883) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis fragilis Wollebaek, 1912 accepted as Lysippe fragilis (Wollebaek, 1912) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis groenlandica Grube, 1860 accepted as Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphicteis intermedia Marion, 1875 accepted as Ampharete intermedia (Marion, 1875) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis invalida Grube, 1860 accepted as Hypania invalida (Grube, 1860) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis kowalewskii Grimm, 1877 accepted as Hypaniola kowalewskii (Grimm, 1877) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis procera Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Sosane procera (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis sargassoensis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Jugamphicteis sargassoensis (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis sibogae Caullery, 1944 accepted as Jugamphicteis sibogae (Caullery, 1944) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amphicteis vega Wirén, 1883 accepted as Ampharete vega (Wirén, 1883) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis vestis Hartman, 1965 accepted as Tanseimaruana vestis (Hartman, 1965) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis weberi Caullery, 1944 accepted as Paramphicteis weberi (Caullery, 1944) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis wyvillei McIntosh, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable type species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 330 [details]
page(s): 330 [details]
Etymology Not stated. The derivation of Amphicteis Grube has not yet been discovered. It is not a personal name from Greek and Roman...
Etymology Not stated. The derivation of Amphicteis Grube has not yet been discovered. It is not a personal name from Greek and Roman writings, and is not a dictionary word. Grube considered it feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicteis Grube, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129156 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Crossostoma Gosse, 1855) Gosse, Philip Henry 1855. Notes on some new or little known marine animals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 2) 16:27-35, 305-312 (annelids 31-35, 308-312)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263862 [details]
taxonomy source Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166 [details]
identification resource Wang, Weina; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng; Hutchings, Pat; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2020). A new species of the genus <em>Amphicteis</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida, Ampharetidae) from the Yellow Sea, China, together with a redescription of <em>A. dalmatica</em> Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 988: 1-15., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49934/list/11/
page(s): 13, key; note: Key to Amphicteis species from the Western Pacific [details] Available for editors
[request]
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Helgason, Gudmundur V.; Jirkov, Igor; Moreira, Juan. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the genus <i>Amphicteis</i> (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) collected by the BIOICE project in Icelandic waters. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 45(23-24): 1477-1499., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.558640
note: Includes key to Arctic-Boreal species of Amphicteis [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Crossostoma Gosse, 1855) Gosse, Philip Henry 1855. Notes on some new or little known marine animals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 2) 16:27-35, 305-312 (annelids 31-35, 308-312)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263862 [details]
taxonomy source Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166 [details]
identification resource Wang, Weina; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng; Hutchings, Pat; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2020). A new species of the genus <em>Amphicteis</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida, Ampharetidae) from the Yellow Sea, China, together with a redescription of <em>A. dalmatica</em> Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 988: 1-15., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49934/list/11/
page(s): 13, key; note: Key to Amphicteis species from the Western Pacific [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Parapar, Julio; Helgason, Gudmundur V.; Jirkov, Igor; Moreira, Juan. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the genus <i>Amphicteis</i> (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) collected by the BIOICE project in Icelandic waters. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 45(23-24): 1477-1499., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.558640
note: Includes key to Arctic-Boreal species of Amphicteis [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Etymology Not stated. The derivation of Amphicteis Grube has not yet been discovered. It is not a personal name from Greek and Roman writings, and is not a dictionary word. Grube considered it feminine. [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Grube and following authors have treated Amphicteis as feminine, for example Amphicteis invalida Grube (instead of invalidus). [details]
Synonymy Schiaparelli & Jirkov (2016), and earlier Jirkov (2011) consider that Paramphicteis Caullery, 1944, Phyllamphicteis Augener, 1918, and Pseudoamphicteis Hutchings, 1977 are synonyms of Amphicteis Grube, 1850. Reuscher et al (2015) disagree. [details]
