WoRMS name details
Autolytus branchiatus Averincev, 1972
327053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327053)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 167-168, pl. 28 figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 167-168, pl. 28 figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors

Holotype ZI 15766, geounit Antarctic Ocean
, Note Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea, Tokarev Island...
Holotype ZI 15766, geounit Antarctic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea, Tokarev Island (geocoordinates estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -66º32.0'S, long. 92º59.0'E). [details]
Depth range 30 m.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea.
Etymology The specific epithet branchiata refers probably to the shape of the nuchal epaulettes as branching outgrowths, which might...
Depth range 30 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet branchiata refers probably to the shape of the nuchal epaulettes as branching outgrowths, which might...
Etymology The specific epithet branchiata refers probably to the shape of the nuchal epaulettes as branching outgrowths, which might resemble branchiae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus branchiatus Averincev, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327053 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
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Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 167-168, pl. 28 figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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): 80-81, fig. 31A-G [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 167-168, pl. 28 figs. 7-10 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference 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): 80-81, fig. 31A-G [details] Available for editors






Holotype ZI 15766, geounit Antarctic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 30 m. [details]Distribution Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet branchiata refers probably to the shape of the nuchal epaulettes as branching outgrowths, which might resemble branchiae. [details]
Habitat Rocks. [details]
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Davis Sea, Tokarev Island (geocoordinates estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -66º32.0'S, long. 92º59.0'E). [details]