WoRMS taxon details
Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991
129240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129240)
accepted
Genus
Tharyx monilaris Hartman, 1960 accepted as Aphelochaeta monilaris (Hartman, 1960) (type by original designation)
- Species Aphelochaeta abyssalis Blake, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta aequiseta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
- Species Aphelochaeta antelonga Dean & Blake, 2016
- Species Aphelochaeta arizonae Magalhaes & Bailey-Brock, 2013
- Species Aphelochaeta aubreyi Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta bimaculata Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta brandtae Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta bullata Doner & Blake, 2009
- Species Aphelochaeta caribbeanensis Blake & Dean, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta cincinnata (Ehlers, 1908)
- Species Aphelochaeta clarionensis Blake, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta clippertonensis Blake, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta dearborni Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta elongata Blake, 1996
- Species Aphelochaeta falklandica Paterson & Neal, 2020
- Species Aphelochaeta filibranchia (Day, 1961)
- Species Aphelochaeta filiformis (Keferstein, 1862)
- Species Aphelochaeta glandaria Blake, 1996
- Species Aphelochaeta guimondi Dean & Blake, 2016
- Species Aphelochaeta guttata Doner & Blake, 2009
- Species Aphelochaeta honouliuli Magalhaes & Bailey-Brock, 2013
- Species Aphelochaeta hormosa Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta intinctoria Choi, Jung & Yoon, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta jubata Blake, 2023
- Species Aphelochaeta longisetosa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
- Species Aphelochaeta magellanica Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta malefica Elías & Rivero, 2009
- Species Aphelochaeta marioni (Saint-Joseph, 1894)
- Species Aphelochaeta mcintoshi (Southern, 1914)
- Species Aphelochaeta monilaris (Hartman, 1960)
- Species Aphelochaeta multibranchis (Grube, 1863)
- Species Aphelochaeta multifilis (Moore, 1909)
- Species Aphelochaeta pacifica (Annenkova, 1937)
- Species Aphelochaeta palmeri Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta petersenae Blake, 1996
- Species Aphelochaeta petila Choi, Jung & Yoon, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta phillipsi Blake, 1996
- Species Aphelochaeta praeacuta Dean & Blake, 2016
- Species Aphelochaeta readi Blake, 2023
- Species Aphelochaeta saipanensis Magalhaes & Bailey-Brock, 2013
- Species Aphelochaeta serratiseta (Banse & Hobson, 1968)
- Species Aphelochaeta spargosis Blake, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta spectabilis Blake, 2018
- Species Aphelochaeta striata Dean & Blake, 2016
- Species Aphelochaeta tanyperistomia Blake, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta tigrina Blake, 1996
- Species Aphelochaeta williamsae Blake, 1996
- Species Aphelochaeta wilsoni Blake, 2019
- Species Aphelochaeta zebra Dean & Blake, 2016
- Species Aphelochaeta multibranchiis [auct. lapsus] accepted as Aphelochaeta multibranchis (Grube, 1863) (misspelling of 'multibranchis')
- Species Aphelochaeta parva (Berkeley, 1929) accepted as Tharyx parvus Berkeley, 1929 (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Aphelochaeta secunda (Banse & Hobson, 1968) accepted as Monticellina secunda (Banse & Hobson, 1968) accepted as Kirkegaardia secunda (Banse & Hobson, 1968) (superseded recombination)
- Species Aphelochaeta serrata (Eliason, 1962) accepted as Kirkegaardia serrata (Eliason, 1962) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Aphelochaeta vivipara (Christie, 1984) accepted as Chaetozone vivipara (Christie, 1984) (superseded recombination)
- Species Aphelochaeta nigrorostrum (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable damaged specimen fide Blake, 2019)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Blake, James A. (1991). Revision of some genera and species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from the western North Atlantic. <em>Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 5S: 17-30.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Name from Greek apheles, for smooth, chaetos for long 'hair'
Etymology Name from Greek apheles, for smooth, chaetos for long 'hair' [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129240 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Blake, James A. (1991). Revision of some genera and species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from the western North Atlantic. <em>Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta).</em> 5S: 17-30.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; van Nieuwenhuijzen, A.J.L.; Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 2. Keys to Polychaeta, Nemertina, Sipuncula, Platyhelminthes and miscellaneous worm-like groups. <i>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series</i>. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14808-6. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 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 [request]
identification resource Dean, Harlan K.; Blake, James A. (2016). <em>Aphelochaeta</em> (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with a description of five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4103(2): 101-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.1
page(s): 114; note: Tabulated morphological characters of 19 species of Aphelochaeta, Eastern North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific [details]
identification resource Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from the eastern North Pacific. pages 263-384. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; van Nieuwenhuijzen, A.J.L.; Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 2. Keys to Polychaeta, Nemertina, Sipuncula, Platyhelminthes and miscellaneous worm-like groups. <i>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series</i>. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14808-6. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 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
[request] identification resource Dean, Harlan K.; Blake, James A. (2016). <em>Aphelochaeta</em> (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with a description of five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4103(2): 101-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.1
page(s): 114; note: Tabulated morphological characters of 19 species of Aphelochaeta, Eastern North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific [details]
identification resource Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from the eastern North Pacific. pages 263-384. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Pair of grooved palps arising either on or anterior to chaetiger one; abdominal segments frequently beaded in appearance; chaetae all simple capillaries, lacking distinct denticulations, lacking sawtooth edge; posterior body end frequently "expanded". [details]Etymology Name from Greek apheles, for smooth, chaetos for long 'hair' [details]
Grammatical gender feminine. Stated to be feminine by Blake, 1991, who also confirmed this by changing two gender suffices to feminine in his list of recombinations [details]
