WoRMS taxon details
Chloeia incerta Quatrefages, 1866
336230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336230)
accepted
Species
Chloeia merguinensis Beddard, 1889 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Chloeia parva Baird, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 388-389 [details]
page(s): 388-389 [details]
Type locality contained in China Sea
, Note Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia, without further...
type locality contained in China Sea [details]
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Type locality Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia, without further location information on the site of collection, based on the lectotype designated by Salazar-Vallejo (2023). The syntypes came from three areas only vaguely geolocated, namely the seas of India, China and Celebes [details]
Etymology Not stated but Chloeia incerta is evidently named from Latin 'incertus -a -um' meaning unsettled, uncertain, doubtful....
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (2023: 70) found that the syntypes of Chloeia incerta, MNHN 246–252, were mixed species from several...
Etymology Not stated but Chloeia incerta is evidently named from Latin 'incertus -a -um' meaning unsettled, uncertain, doubtful. Seemingly it was Quatrefages who was uncertain, as he comments on both the variation in the specimens and the wide geographic area of the species distribution. In actuality, fide Salazar-Vallejo (2023), the variation was because his C. incerta specimens were of four species. [details]
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (2023: 70) found that the syntypes of Chloeia incerta, MNHN 246–252, were mixed species from several...
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (2023: 70) found that the syntypes of Chloeia incerta, MNHN 246–252, were mixed species from several locations, namely Bay of Bengal, Sulawesi, and seas of China. Quatrefages (1866:388-389) had vaguely named the localities as seas of India and China and the Celebes (= Sulawesi, Indonesia). Four species were present, including specimens of C. flava to which C. incerta had long been a junior synonym. The species were C. flava (Pallas) (senior name), plus C. parva, C. pulchella, and C. tumida (junior names by Baird, 1868). Rather than continue the synonymy to C. flava Salazar-Vallejo (2023) elected to make the specimen from Sulawesi he identified as C. parva as a lectotype (MNHN IA-TYPE 249), thus rendering C. parva a subjective synonym of a revived C. incerta. C. parva is an uncertain name with missing type body and where it was collected is unknown, and Baird did not give a body figure. It is identified by Baird's description of the dorsal pigment. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chloeia incerta Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336230 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 388-389 [details]
original description (of Chloeia merguinensis Beddard, 1889) Beddard, F.E. 1889. Report on annelids from the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S, superintendent of the museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 21: 256-266. [details]
original description (of Chloeia parva Baird, 1868) Baird, William. (1868 [volume for 1870]). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of annelides belonging to the Amphinomacea, with a list of the known species, and a description of several new species (belonging to the group) contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. To which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript annulose animals of a larval character. [published 26 November, 1868]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 10(44): 215-250, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588091
page(s): 233-234, plate IV figs. 8a, b [details]
page(s): 388-389 [details]
original description (of Chloeia merguinensis Beddard, 1889) Beddard, F.E. 1889. Report on annelids from the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S, superintendent of the museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 21: 256-266. [details]
original description (of Chloeia parva Baird, 1868) Baird, William. (1868 [volume for 1870]). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of annelides belonging to the Amphinomacea, with a list of the known species, and a description of several new species (belonging to the group) contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. To which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript annulose animals of a larval character. [published 26 November, 1868]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 10(44): 215-250, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588091
page(s): 233-234, plate IV figs. 8a, b [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Baird, William. (1868 [volume for 1870]). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of annelides belonging to the Amphinomacea, with a list of the known species, and a description of several new species (belonging to the group) contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. To which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript annulose animals of a larval character. [published 26 November, 1868]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 10(44): 215-250, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588091
page(s): 230-231; note: with Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766) [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1917). Annélides Polychètes de L'Australie meridionale. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 56: 159-277, plates IV-VIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322379
page(s): 190; note: Fauvel includes C. incerta as synonym of C. flava [details]
redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Revision of <em>Chloeia</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5238(1): 1-134., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5238.1.1
page(s): 70, figures 31-32; note: Validation out of synonymy with C. flava. Types examined, lectotype designated [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 230-231; note: with Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766) [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1917). Annélides Polychètes de L'Australie meridionale. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 56: 159-277, plates IV-VIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322379
page(s): 190; note: Fauvel includes C. incerta as synonym of C. flava [details]
redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Revision of <em>Chloeia</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5238(1): 1-134., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5238.1.1
page(s): 70, figures 31-32; note: Validation out of synonymy with C. flava. Types examined, lectotype designated [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated but Chloeia incerta is evidently named from Latin 'incertus -a -um' meaning unsettled, uncertain, doubtful. Seemingly it was Quatrefages who was uncertain, as he comments on both the variation in the specimens and the wide geographic area of the species distribution. In actuality, fide Salazar-Vallejo (2023), the variation was because his C. incerta specimens were of four species. [details]Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 246-252, with lectotype designated by Salazar-Vallejo (2023) as MNHN 249 from Sulawesi [details]
Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (2023: 70) found that the syntypes of Chloeia incerta, MNHN 246–252, were mixed species from several locations, namely Bay of Bengal, Sulawesi, and seas of China. Quatrefages (1866:388-389) had vaguely named the localities as seas of India and China and the Celebes (= Sulawesi, Indonesia). Four species were present, including specimens of C. flava to which C. incerta had long been a junior synonym. The species were C. flava (Pallas) (senior name), plus C. parva, C. pulchella, and C. tumida (junior names by Baird, 1868). Rather than continue the synonymy to C. flava Salazar-Vallejo (2023) elected to make the specimen from Sulawesi he identified as C. parva as a lectotype (MNHN IA-TYPE 249), thus rendering C. parva a subjective synonym of a revived C. incerta. C. parva is an uncertain name with missing type body and where it was collected is unknown, and Baird did not give a body figure. It is identified by Baird's description of the dorsal pigment. [details]
Type locality Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia, without further location information on the site of collection, based on the lectotype designated by Salazar-Vallejo (2023). The syntypes came from three areas only vaguely geolocated, namely the seas of India, China and Celebes [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloeia incerta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloeia parva) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloeia incerta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloeia parva) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Chloeia parva Baird, 1868)
