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Autolytus prolifer (O. F. Müller, 1788)

131267  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131267)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Syllidae (Family)
  9. Autolytinae (Subfamily)
  10. Autolytini (Tribe)
  11. Autolytus (Genus)
  12. Autolytus prolifer (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller, 1788) Müller O. F. (1788). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen secundum: pp. [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499
page(s): vol. 1, 15, vol. 2 plate 52 figures 5-9; note: Latin description and colour plate (in 2nd volume). Norway [details] 
Distribution amphi-Atlantic  
Distribution amphi-Atlantic [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus prolifer (O. F. Müller, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131267 on 2025-07-13
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
checked
Musco, Luigi
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2022-07-13 02:05:07Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description (of Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller, 1788) Müller O. F. (1788). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen secundum: pp. [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499
page(s): vol. 1, 15, vol. 2 plate 52 figures 5-9; note: Latin description and colour plate (in 2nd volume). Norway [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 32; note: As Autolytus prolifer, with the correct spelling for the combination with a masculine genus name (Autolytus) [details] 

Other

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)
note: Checklist as Autolytus 'prolifer' [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf
page(s): 40; note: Checklist as Autolytus 'prolifer' [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling from the 1860's authors changed Grube's new combination spelling of Autolytus prolifera to A. prolifer, in agreement with the masculine-looking genus. Malmgren (1867) is one of the first to do so in a formal taxonomic usage [details]

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Authority (O.F. Müller, 1776) [details]

Bioclimatic category eurythermic [details]

Distribution amphi-Atlantic [details]

Spelling specific epitheton spelled 'prolifera' in Fauchald [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (113 records) 
To ITIS

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