WoRMS taxon details
Chloeia viridis Schmarda, 1861
129827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129827)
accepted
Species
Chloeia modesta Ehlers, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 144-146, text-figs. a-d on page 145, plate XXXV figs. 295-305 [details]
page(s): 144-146, text-figs. a-d on page 145, plate XXXV figs. 295-305 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chloeia viridis Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129827 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 144-146, text-figs. a-d on page 145, plate XXXV figs. 295-305 [details]
original description (of Chloeia modesta Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338 [details]
page(s): 144-146, text-figs. a-d on page 145, plate XXXV figs. 295-305 [details]
original description (of Chloeia modesta Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Yáñez-Rivera, Beatriz; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2022). Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 from tropical American seas (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5128(4): 503-537., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5128.4.3
page(s): 526, figures 1D, 5A, B, 13, 14; note: redescription from two syntypes plus specimens from Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Georgia, Bahamas, Puerto Rico [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 526, figures 1D, 5A, B, 13, 14; note: redescription from two syntypes plus specimens from Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Georgia, Bahamas, Puerto Rico [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
additional source Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1925). Über westindische und einige andere Polychaeten-Typen von Grube (Oersted), Krøyer, Mörch und Schmarda. <em>Publikationer fra Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, København.</em> 39: 1-47. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 392 [details]
context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
additional source Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1925). Über westindische und einige andere Polychaeten-Typen von Grube (Oersted), Krøyer, Mörch und Schmarda. <em>Publikationer fra Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, København.</em> 39: 1-47. [details] Available for editors

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors

additional source Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 392 [details]





Unknown type, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Chloeia candida Kinberg, 1857, as Hartman 1948 incorrectly synonymised C. candida under C. viridis [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | red-tipped fireworm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloeia viridis)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096802)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chloeia viridis)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096802)
To ITIS