Amage adspersa (Grube, 1863) (additional source)
Amage auricula Malmgren, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (taxonomy source)
Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) (additional source)
Ampharete finmarchica (M. Sars, 1865) (additional source)
Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Ampharete grubei Malmgren, 1865 (source of synonymy)
Ampharete lindstroemi Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Amphicteis acutifrons Grube, 1860 accepted as Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis finmarchica Sars, 1865 accepted as Ampharete finmarchica (M. Sars, 1865) (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis fragilis Wollebaek, 1912 accepted as Lysippe fragilis (Wollebaek, 1912) (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (additional source)
Amphicteis gunneri antarctica Hessle, 1917 accepted as Amphicteis antarctica Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Amphicteis nasuta Ehlers, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis sundevalli Malmgren, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Amphisamytha japonica Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Amphitrite affinis Malmgren, 1866 represented as Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite cirrata Müller, 1776 (taxonomy source)
Amphitrite edwardsi [subsequent misspelling of 'edwardsii'] accepted as Neoamphitrite edwardsii (Quatrefages, 1866) (additional source)
Amphitrite groenlandica Malmgren, 1866 represented as Neoamphitrite groenlandica (Malmgren, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite intermedia Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite oculata Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Amphitrite orotavae Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Terebella orotavae (Langerhans, 1881) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite palmata Moore, 1906 accepted as Amphitrite cirrata Müller, 1776 (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite palmata Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite robusta Johnson, 1901 accepted as Neoamphitrite robusta (Johnson, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite spiralis Johnson, 1901 accepted as Neoleprea spiralis (Johnson, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Anobothrus nasuta (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Amphicteis nasuta Ehlers, 1887 (new combination reference)
Anobothrus patagonicus (Kinberg, 1866) (new combination reference)
Artacama benedeni Kinberg, 1867 (additional source)
Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Aryandes forficata Kinberg, 1866 (basis of record)
Aryandes gracilis Kinberg, 1866 (basis of record)
Branchiosabella zostericola Claparède, 1863 accepted as Ampharete zostericola (Claparède, 1863) (source of synonymy)
Dejoces Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (additional source)
Dejoces chilensis (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Polycirrus chilensis Schmarda, 1861 (additional source)
Ereutho antarctica Willey, 1902 accepted as Polycirrus antarcticus (Willey, 1902) (source of synonymy)
Ereutho kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Polycirrus kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (source of synonymy)
Filibranchus Malm, 1874 accepted as Trichobranchus Malmgren, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Grymaea bairdi Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Streblosoma bairdi (Malmgren, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Grymaea brachiata Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Streblosoma intestinale M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 (source of synonymy)
Hauchiella peterseni Levinsen, 1893 accepted as Hauchiella tribullata (McIntosh, 1869) (source of synonymy)
Hauchiella tribullata (McIntosh, 1869) (additional source)
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Lanice flabellum (Baird, 1865) (additional source)
Lanicides Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Laphania boecki Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Leaena collaris Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Leaena graffii Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Proclea graffii (Langerhans, 1884) (source of synonymy)
Leaena nuda Moore, 1906 accepted as Lanassa venusta (Malm, 1874) (basis of record)
Leprea streptochaeta Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Neoleprea streptochaeta (Ehlers, 1897) (source of synonymy)
Leucariste Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (source of synonymy)
Loimia ingens (Grube, 1878) (additional source)
Lysilla inermis Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Hauchiella tribullata (McIntosh, 1869) (source of synonymy)
Lysilla loveni macintoshi sensu Hessle, 1917 represented as Lysilla macintoshi Gravier, 1907 (basis of record)
Lysilla macintoshi Gravier, 1907 (new combination reference)
Lysilla pacifica Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Lysippides Hessle, 1917 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (original description)
Lysippides fragilis (Wollebaeck, 1912) accepted as Lysippe fragilis (Wollebaek, 1912) (additional source)
Melinna uruguayi Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Neoamphitrite edwardsii (Quatrefages, 1866) (new combination reference)
Neoamphitrite groenlandica (Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Neoamphitrite modesta (Quatrefages, 1865) accepted as Longicarpus modestus (Quatrefages, 1866) (basis of record)
Neoamphitrite robusta (Johnson, 1901) (basis of record)
Neoamphitrite vigintipes (Grube, 1869) (new combination reference)
Neoleprea Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Neoleprea japonica Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Neoleprea spiralis (Johnson, 1901) (basis of record)
Neoleprea streptochaeta (Ehlers, 1897) (additional source)
Neosabellides Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Neosabellides oceanica (Fauvel, 1909) (additional source)
Nicolea arctica Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Nicolea venustula (Montagu, 1819) (source of synonymy)
Nicolea simplex Verrill, 1873 (source of synonymy)
Nicolea venustula (Montagu, 1819) (additional source)
Nicolea viridis (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Nicolea viridis Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Nicolea venustula (Montagu, 1819) (source of synonymy)
Nicolea zostericola Örsted, 1844 (additional source)
Octobranchus japonicus Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Odysseus Kinberg, 1866 (additional source)
Odysseus virgini Kinberg, 1866 (additional source)
Oerpata [auct. misspelling] accepted as Isolda Müller, 1858 (basis of record)
Oerpata armata [auct.] accepted as Oeorpata armata Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Isolda armata (Kinberg, 1867) (basis of record)
Pectinaria bocki Hessle, 1917 accepted as Lagis bocki (Hessle, 1917) (original description)
Pectinaria ehlersi Hessle, 1917 accepted as Cistenides ehlersi (Hessle, 1917) (original description)
Phenacia oculata Schmankevitsch, 1875 accepted as Hypania invalida (Grube, 1860) (source of synonymy)
Phisidia sagamica Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Pista (Terebella) thuja Grube in Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Pista atypica Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Pista corrientis McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Pista cretacea (Grube, 1860) (source of synonymy)
Pista flexuosa (Grube, 1860) accepted as Axionice flexuosa (Grube, 1860) (additional source)
Pista macrolobata Hessle, 1917 (original description)
Pista maculata Marenzeller, 1884 accepted as Pista elongata Moore, 1909 (source of synonymy)
Pista maculata (Dalyell, 1853) (new combination reference)
Pista marenzelleri Hessle, 1917 accepted as Pista elongata Moore, 1909 (original description)

Bonin for Pista macrolobata Hessle, 1917 
Bonin for Pista typha (Grube, 1878) 
Kyushu for Pista microlobata Hessle, 1917 
Rio De Janeiro for Artacama benedeni Kinberg, 1867 
Sagami Okinose for Pista atypica Hessle, 1917 
South Georgian part of the South Atlantic Ocean for Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 
South Georgian part of the South Atlantic Ocean for Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 
South Georgian part of the South Atlantic Ocean for Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 
South Georgian part of the South Atlantic Ocean for Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 
South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean for Pista corrientis McIntosh, 1885 
Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean for Artacama benedeni Kinberg, 1867 

Holotype ZMUU 175, geounit Uraga Channel, identified as Spinosphaera pacifica Hessle, 1917
Syntype ZMUU 2278 (181a, 181b), geounit Misaki, identified as Lysilla pacifica Hessle, 1917

 Authority

 for Terebellidae Johnston, 1846

Johnston (1846:447) appears to be the first to use Terebellidae as a family name. Hessle (1917:43) recognised this, ... [details]

 Depth range

 for Artacama benedeni Kinberg, 1867

Shallow water (?; type material from urban harbor) to 80 m. [details]

 Depth range

 for Lysilla pacifica Hessle, 1917

Intertidal to subtidal depths. [details]

 Depth range

 for Spinosphaera pacifica Hessle, 1917

135 m. [details]

 Diagnosis

 for Spinosphaera Hessle, 1917

Original diagnosis by Hessle (1917: 207-209): ''Kiemen fehlen. Die vorderen Segmente sind ohne Seitenlappen. Die ... [details]

 Distribution

 for Artacama benedeni Kinberg, 1867

Atlantic Ocean: Brazil; Uruguay. [details]

 Distribution

 for Spinosphaera pacifica Hessle, 1917

Pacific Ocean: Japan (Honshu Island). [details]

 Etymology

 for Lysilla pacifica Hessle, 1917

Not stated in the original descripton. The specific epithet pacifica refers presumably to the type locality of the ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917

Not stated in the original description. The name of the genus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin neo-, ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Spinosphaera Hessle, 1917

Not stated. The generic name is composed by the Latin noun spino, form of spinus and meaning 'thorn', and the Latin ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Spinosphaera pacifica Hessle, 1917

Not stated. The specific epithet pacifica refers probably to the Pacific Ocean, wher the type locality of the ... [details]

 Habitat

 for Spinosphaera pacifica Hessle, 1917

Occurs at shelf depths. Type of sediment not specified. [details]

 Homonymy

 for Pista maculata Marenzeller, 1884

Hessle (1917) created replacement name Pista marenzelleri for Pista maculata Marenzeller (junior homonym to P. ... [details]

 Original description

 for Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917

Original description by Hessle (1917: 178-179): "Drei (selten zwei?) Paar Kiemen. Die Kiemen haben einen deutlichen ... [details]

 Spelling

 for Streblosoma intestinale M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872

Hessle (1917:210) and others used a gender-corrected spelling of intestinalis, but the original intestinale appears ... [details]

 Synonymy

 for Dejoces Kinberg, 1867

The genus has been regarded as a synonym of Polycirrus since at least Saint-Joseph 1894:235 or later Hessle 1917: ... [details]

 Synonymy

 for Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917

The usage of some authors (eg Hutchings & Glasby 1988; Jirkov, 2001, Jirkov, 2020) is that Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917, ... [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Hauchiella peterseni Levinsen, 1893

Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Leucariste albicans Malmgren, 1866

Fauvel (1909: 38; 1914: 309) and Hessle (1917: 223) considered Polycirrus arcticus Sars, 1865 as being synonymous ... [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Thelepus natans Kinberg, 1867

Thelepus natans was considered to be a junior synonym of other species in two occasions. First, it was questionably ... [details]

 Type designation

 for Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917

The modern consensus appears to be that Amphitrite affinis Malmgren, 1866 is the type species, although other ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Lysilla pacifica Hessle, 1917

Species described with base on syntypes from two localities: Misaki, Miura Peninsula, Sagami Bay, Japan, Pacific ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Spinosphaera pacifica Hessle, 1917

Probably Uraga Channel, near Yokosuka (Miura Peninsula), Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate ... [details]

 Type species

 for Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917

Amphitrite affinis. The modern consensus appears to be that Amphitrite affinis Malmgren, 1866 is the type species, ... [details]