WoRMS name details
Phyllodoce vittata Ehlers, 1864
181595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181595)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Phyllodoce (Nereiphylla) vittata Ehlers, 1864 · unaccepted (unaccepted alternate representation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 150-154, plate VI figs. 7-14 [details]
page(s): 150-154, plate VI figs. 7-14 [details]
Note Harbour of Rijeka (= ''Hafen von Fiume''),...
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Type locality Harbour of Rijeka (= ''Hafen von Fiume''), Kvarner Gulf (= Quarnero), Croatia, Adriatic Sea, (gazetteer estimate 45.325°, 14.438°); at the bottom of the port, in mud.[details]
Depth range Not stated, but found at the bottom of a harbour.
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kvarner Gulf (Rijeka harbour, Croatia).
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet vittata (masculine: vittatus) is a Latin adjective meaning...
Taxonomy Pleijel (1991: 260) considered the species as a nomen dubium, with genus uncertain
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed
Depth range Not stated, but found at the bottom of a harbour. [details]
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kvarner Gulf (Rijeka harbour, Croatia).
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kvarner Gulf (Rijeka harbour, Croatia). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet vittata (masculine: vittatus) is a Latin adjective meaning...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet vittata (masculine: vittatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'banded' or 'streaked', and refers to the colour pattern of the species, described as being ''gestreckt, weiss, quer braungebändert'' (Ehlers, 1864: 150). [details]
Taxonomy Pleijel (1991: 260) considered the species as a nomen dubium, with genus uncertain
Taxonomy Pleijel (1991: 260) considered the species as a nomen dubium, with genus uncertain [details]
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllodoce vittata Ehlers, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181595 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 150-154, plate VI figs. 7-14 [details]
page(s): 150-154, plate VI figs. 7-14 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only). [details] Available for editors 
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status source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 260; note: as nomen dubium [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 260; note: as nomen dubium [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Carrington, Benjamin. (1865). On the chaetopod annelides of the Southport sands. <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.</em> 4: 176-188., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48862346
page(s): 181 [details]
page(s): 181 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, but found at the bottom of a harbour. [details]Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kvarner Gulf (Rijeka harbour, Croatia). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet vittata (masculine: vittatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'banded' or 'streaked', and refers to the colour pattern of the species, described as being ''gestreckt, weiss, quer braungebändert'' (Ehlers, 1864: 150). [details]
Habitat Mud at the bottom of a harbour. [details]
Taxonomy Pleijel (1991: 260) considered the species as a nomen dubium, with genus uncertain [details]
Type locality Harbour of Rijeka (= ''Hafen von Fiume''), Kvarner Gulf (= Quarnero), Croatia, Adriatic Sea, (gazetteer estimate 45.325°, 14.438°); at the bottom of the port, in mud.
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Unreviewed
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]
