WoRMS name details

Autolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)

157234  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157234)

 unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (with the masculine genus Autolytus the spelling should be 'prolifer')
Species
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 southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...  
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Cobscook Bay [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157234 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
created
2006-08-28 10:18:39Z
changed
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
checked
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2022-07-13 02:05:07Z
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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]   

additional source Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional 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 [details]   

additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 310 + unnumbered table facing page 281; note: as type and only species of new genus Autolytus [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling Later authors considered Autolytus was masculine and mostly changed Grube's spelling to 'prolifer' for gender agreement [details]

From other sources
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Cobscook Bay [details]