RAS taxon details
Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830
129229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129229)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 208 [details]
page(s): 208 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129229 on 2025-04-05
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129229 on 2025-04-05
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Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 208 [details]
additional source Dicquemarre, Jacques François [aka: l'abbé Dicquemarre, & Dicquemare]. (1778). Menagerie marine , animaux singuliers. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle [aka: Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers].</em> 12 (2): 281-285, plates 1-2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6005995
page(s): plate 2; note: perhaps the oldest known illustration of a Chaetopterus [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 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
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]
ecology source Newbigin, Marion I. 1898. On certain green (chlorophylloid) pigments in invertebrates. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London (series 2) 41: 391-438., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-41/163.toc [details]
ecology source Pröts, P.; Wanninger, A.; Schwaha, T. (2019). Life in a tube: morphology of the ctenostome bryozoan Hypophorella expansa. <em>Zoological Letters.</em> 5(1): 17 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0142-2
note: The bryozoan lives in the tube walls of Chaetopterus (species not stated) [details]
page(s): 208 [details]
additional source Dicquemarre, Jacques François [aka: l'abbé Dicquemarre, & Dicquemare]. (1778). Menagerie marine , animaux singuliers. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle [aka: Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers].</em> 12 (2): 281-285, plates 1-2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6005995
page(s): plate 2; note: perhaps the oldest known illustration of a Chaetopterus [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 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
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]
ecology source Newbigin, Marion I. 1898. On certain green (chlorophylloid) pigments in invertebrates. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London (series 2) 41: 391-438., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-41/163.toc [details]
ecology source Pröts, P.; Wanninger, A.; Schwaha, T. (2019). Life in a tube: morphology of the ctenostome bryozoan Hypophorella expansa. <em>Zoological Letters.</em> 5(1): 17 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0142-2
note: The bryozoan lives in the tube walls of Chaetopterus (species not stated) [details]
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