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Poecilochaetus Claparède in Ehlers, 1875

Original colour plate. Poecilochaetus fulgoris
Original colour plate. Poecilochaetus fulgoris

129471  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129471)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Spionida (Order)
  8. Spioniformia (Suborder)
  9. Poecilochaetidae (Family)
  10. Poecilochaetus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Elicodasia Laubier & Ramos, 1973 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, based on a...)  
subjective synonym, based on a Poecilochaetus posterior end

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  1. Species Poecilochaetus anterospinus Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Santos, 2015
  2. Species Poecilochaetus australis Nonato, 1963
  3. Species Poecilochaetus bermudensis Hartman, 1965
  4. Species Poecilochaetus bifurcatus Imajima, 1989
  5. Species Poecilochaetus brenkei Neal, Wiklund, Rabone, Dahlgren & Glover, 2022
  6. Species Poecilochaetus clavatus Imajima, 1989
  7. Species Poecilochaetus elongatus Imajima, 1989
  8. Species Poecilochaetus exmouthensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
  9. Species Poecilochaetus fauchaldi Pilato & Cantone, 1976
  10. Species Poecilochaetus fulgoris Claparède in Ehlers, 1875
  11. Species Poecilochaetus gallardoi Pilato & Cantone, 1976
  12. Species Poecilochaetus granulatus Imajima, 1989
  13. Species Poecilochaetus hystricosus Mackie, 1990
  14. Species Poecilochaetus ishikariensis Imajima, 1989
  15. Species Poecilochaetus japonicus Kitamori, 1965
  16. Species Poecilochaetus johnsoni Hartman, 1939
  17. Species Poecilochaetus koshikiensis Miura, 1988
  18. Species Poecilochaetus magnus Imajima, 1989
  19. Species Poecilochaetus martini Brantley, 2009
  20. Species Poecilochaetus modestus Rullier, 1965
  21. Species Poecilochaetus multibranchiatus de León-González, 1992
  22. Species Poecilochaetus paratropicus Gallardo, 1968
  23. Species Poecilochaetus perequensis Santos & Mackie, 2008
  24. Species Poecilochaetus polycirratus Santos & Mackie, 2008
  25. Species Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 1904
  26. Species Poecilochaetus spinulosus Mackie, 1990
  27. Species Poecilochaetus tokyoensis Imajima, 1989
  28. Species Poecilochaetus trachyderma Read, 1986
  29. Species Poecilochaetus tricirratus Mackie, 1990
  30. Species Poecilochaetus trilobatus Imajima, 1989
  31. Species Poecilochaetus tropicus Okuda, 1935
  32. Species Poecilochaetus vietnamita Gallardo, 1968
  33. Species Poecilochaetus vitjazi Levenstein, 1962
  34. Species Poecilochaetus branchiatus Miura, 1989 accepted as Poecilochaetus clavatus Imajima, 1989 (subjective synonym)
  35. Species Poecilochaetus toyoshiomarae Miura, 1989 accepted as Poecilochaetus magnus Imajima, 1989 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254
page(s): 9; note: [Claparède's report in Ehlers] [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Poecilochaetus Claparède in Ehlers, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129471 on 2025-04-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2014-11-06 22:18:09Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2019-08-30 02:02:21Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254
page(s): 9; note: [Claparède's report in Ehlers] [details] 

original description (of Elicodasia Laubier & Ramos, 1973) Laubier, Lucien; Ramos, Jeanete. (1973). A new genus of Poecilochaetidae (polychaetous annelids) in the Mediterranean: <i>Elicodasia mirabilis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 86(6): 69-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560209
page(s): 69-70 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

 
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Authority Poecilochaetus was named in the original French text written by Claparède and included by Ehlers, 1875 in his (German text) article, thus the authorship is Claparède in Ehlers, 1875. Poecilochaetus is introduced in a section beginning on p.2 headed as "Claparede's Bericht über die auf der Lightning-Expedition gesammelten Würmer" [Claparede's report on the Lightning Expedition worm collection] [details]

Classification Poecilochaetus was split from family Disomidae Mesnil, 1897 (now invalid) by Hannerz, 1956 [details]

Grammatical gender clearly masculine [details]
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Original colour plate. Poecilochaetus fulgoris
Original colour plate. Poecilochaetus fulgoris
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