WoRMS taxon details
Autolytus bicolor Rullier, 1972
327051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327051)
accepted
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rullier, François. (1972). Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie recueillies par Y. Plessis et B. Salvat. <em>Expédition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.</em> 6: 6-169.
page(s): 70-72, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 70-72, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype UCO ZA Y16, geounit New Caledonia
, Type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Baie de...
Holotype UCO ZA Y16, geounit New Caledonia [details]
type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Baie de Saint-Vincent, Îlot Ronhua (= Petit Ténia) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -22.063º, long. 166.024º). [details]
Depth range Shallow water.
Distribution New Caledonia.
Etymology The specific epithet bicolor refers to the color pattern of the species, being white with irregular black segments, in...
Taxonomy The species was considered as an Autolytinae incertae sedis by Nygren (2004: 182-183), due to the poor condition of the...
Depth range Shallow water. [details]
Distribution New Caledonia.
Distribution New Caledonia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet bicolor refers to the color pattern of the species, being white with irregular black segments, in...
Etymology The specific epithet bicolor refers to the color pattern of the species, being white with irregular black segments, in series of 1, 2, or 3 consecutive segments. [details]
Taxonomy The species was considered as an Autolytinae incertae sedis by Nygren (2004: 182-183), due to the poor condition of the...
Taxonomy The species was considered as an Autolytinae incertae sedis by Nygren (2004: 182-183), due to the poor condition of the holotype. According to the same author "Autolytus bicolor may belong within Procerini. However, many of the characters are unknown which make a 'generic' allocation difficult. The only other Procerini with nuchal epaulettes reaching end of chaetiger 3 is Paraproceraea tamana, but P. tamana is orange, and lacks the black colour markings of A. bicolor" (Nygren, 2004: 183). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus bicolor Rullier, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327051 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Rullier, François. (1972). Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie recueillies par Y. Plessis et B. Salvat. <em>Expédition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.</em> 6: 6-169.
page(s): 70-72, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 70-72, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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status source
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 182-183 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 182-183 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype UCO ZA Y16, geounit New Caledonia [details]
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Depth range Shallow water. [details]Distribution New Caledonia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet bicolor refers to the color pattern of the species, being white with irregular black segments, in series of 1, 2, or 3 consecutive segments. [details]
Habitat Inside corals (Rullier, 1972: 21). [details]
Taxonomy The species was considered as an Autolytinae incertae sedis by Nygren (2004: 182-183), due to the poor condition of the holotype. According to the same author "Autolytus bicolor may belong within Procerini. However, many of the characters are unknown which make a 'generic' allocation difficult. The only other Procerini with nuchal epaulettes reaching end of chaetiger 3 is Paraproceraea tamana, but P. tamana is orange, and lacks the black colour markings of A. bicolor" (Nygren, 2004: 183). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Baie de Saint-Vincent, Îlot Ronhua (= Petit Ténia) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -22.063º, long. 166.024º). [details]
