(ofAmphitrite reniformis Bruguiére, 1789)Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 page(s): 57 [details]
Status Here is how Knight-Jones et al (2017: 202) describe the history of Pseudopotamilla reniformis in their introduction: "There...
Status Here is how Knight-Jones et al (2017: 202) describe the history of Pseudopotamilla reniformis in their introduction: "There seems to be no type material of P. reniformis (described by Müller, 1771, as die nieren-formige Amphitrite from Iceland), but one of his figures shows a spreading radiolar crown with a kidney shape, when viewed from above. Bruguiére (1789: 57, pl. 58, Figs. 19–20) re-described and reproduced Müller’s figures and was the first to give the Latin binomial Amphitrite reniformis. Leuckart (1849) put the species into Sabella and Malmgren (1867) transferred it to his new genus Potamilla. Lastly, Bush (1905) amended Potamilla raising the new genus Pseudopotamilla with P. reniformis as type." Note that they treat Leuckart's Sabella reniformis as a usage of Bruguière's name. However, Leuckart was not the first to use the combination Sabella reniformis. Johnston's 1846 index page 448 has a listing for Sabella reniformis [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130963 on 2025-07-16
original description(ofPotamilla obscura Iroso, 1921)Iroso, Isabella. (1921). Revisione dei Serpulidi e Sabellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 3: 47-91, plates 3-4.[details]
original description(ofPotamilla troncatula Iroso, 1921)Iroso, Isabella. (1921). Revisione dei Serpulidi e Sabellidi del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 3: 47-91, plates 3-4.[details]
original description(ofSabella oculata Krøyer, 1856)Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509[details]
original description(ofAmphitrite reniformis Bruguiére, 1789)Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 page(s): 57 [details]
basis of recordBellan, 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymyHartman, Olga. (1945). The marine annelids of North Carolina. <em>Duke University Marine Station Bulletin.</em> 2: 1-54.[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionKnight-Jones, Phyllis; Darbyshire, Teresa; Petersen, Mary E.; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana. (2017). What is <em>Pseudopotamilla </em><em>reniformis </em>(Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on <em>Eudistylia</em> and <em>Schizobranchia</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4254(2): 201-220., available online athttp://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4254.2.3[details] Available for editors [request]
Other
context source (HKRMS)Mak, P. M. S. (1982). The coral associated polychaetes of Hong Kong, with special reference to the serpulids. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 2, pp595-617. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.[details]
additional sourceMuller, 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 athttp://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf[details]
additional sourceHartman, 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 [request]
additional sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceHayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Authority Not O.F. Müller, 1771, as not a binomen at that time. See notes for Amphitrite reniformis Bruguiére, 1879 [details] Neotype See Amphitrite reniformis for neotype information [details] Status Here is how Knight-Jones et al (2017: 202) describe the history of Pseudopotamilla reniformis in their introduction: "There seems to be no type material of P. reniformis (described by Müller, 1771, as die nieren-formige Amphitrite from Iceland), but one of his figures shows a spreading radiolar crown with a kidney shape, when viewed from above. Bruguiére (1789: 57, pl. 58, Figs. 19–20) re-described and reproduced Müller’s figures and was the first to give the Latin binomial Amphitrite reniformis. Leuckart (1849) put the species into Sabella and Malmgren (1867) transferred it to his new genus Potamilla. Lastly, Bush (1905) amended Potamilla raising the new genus Pseudopotamilla with P. reniformis as type." Note that they treat Leuckart's Sabella reniformis as a usage of Bruguière's name. However, Leuckart was not the first to use the combination Sabella reniformis. Johnston's 1846 index page 448 has a listing for Sabella reniformis [details]