ERMS taxon details
Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857
129645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129645)
accepted
Genus
Amblyosyllis rhombeata Grube, 1857 (type by monotypy)
Amblyosillis [misspelling of Amblyosyllis] · unaccepted (misspelling of Amblyosyllis)
Gattiola Johnston in Baird, 1861 · unaccepted
Nicotia Costa, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pterosyllis Claparède, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thylaciphorus Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Amblyosyllis finmarchica (Malmgren, 1867)
- Species Amblyosyllis granosa Ehlers, 1897
- Species Amblyosyllis lineata Grube, 1863
- Species Amblyosyllis madeirensis Langerhans, 1879
- Species Amblyosyllis rhombeata Grube, 1857
- Species Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861)
- Species Amblyosyllis dorsigera (Claparède, 1864) accepted as Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861) (recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863) accepted as Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861) (recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Amblyosyllis inmatura [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'] accepted as Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861) (misspelling of a subjective synonym)
- Species Amblyosyllis inmaturata [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'] accepted as Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861) (misspelling of a subjective synonym)
- Species Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864) accepted as Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861) (recombination of uncertain synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 1857: 158-186., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800010
page(s): 186 [details]
page(s): 186 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129645 on 2025-04-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129645 on 2025-04-01
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original description
Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 1857: 158-186., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800010
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Pterosyllis Claparède, 1863) Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Gattiola Johnston in Baird, 1861) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote] [details]
original description (of Nicotia Costa, 1864) Costa, Achille. (1864). Illustrazione Iconografica degli Anellidi rari o poco conosciuti del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 2(5): 159-171, plates III-IV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823253
page(s): 160-164 [details]
original description (of Thylaciphorus Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 55 [details]
taxonomy source Aguado, María Teresa; Capa, María; Lago-Barcia, Domingo; Gil, João; Pleijel, Fredrik; Nygren, Arne. (2019). Species delimitation in <i>Amblyosyllis</i> (Annelida, Syllidae). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 14(4): e0214211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214211 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 RoR) [details]
additional source Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 [details]
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]
redescription San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in RoR) [details]
ecology source Pernet, Bruno. 1998. Benthic egg masses and larval development of Amblyosyllis speciosa (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78: 1369-1372. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400044568 [details]
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Pterosyllis Claparède, 1863) Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Gattiola Johnston in Baird, 1861) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote] [details]
original description (of Nicotia Costa, 1864) Costa, Achille. (1864). Illustrazione Iconografica degli Anellidi rari o poco conosciuti del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli.</em> 2(5): 159-171, plates III-IV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11823253
page(s): 160-164 [details]
original description (of Thylaciphorus Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 55 [details]
taxonomy source Aguado, María Teresa; Capa, María; Lago-Barcia, Domingo; Gil, João; Pleijel, Fredrik; Nygren, Arne. (2019). Species delimitation in <i>Amblyosyllis</i> (Annelida, Syllidae). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 14(4): e0214211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214211 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 RoR) [details]
additional source Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 [details]
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]
redescription San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in RoR) [details]
ecology source Pernet, Bruno. 1998. Benthic egg masses and larval development of Amblyosyllis speciosa (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78: 1369-1372. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400044568 [details]
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Reproduction Pernet (1998) reports Amblyosyllis speciosa produces benthic gelatinous masses. Embryos and larvae develop within these masses until about three weeks after fertilization, after which they crawl or swim away and metamorphose. [details]
