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Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1866

981  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:981)

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  1. Subfamily Amaginae Holthe, 1986
    1. Genus Amage Malmgren, 1866
    2. Genus Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917
    3. Genus Grubianella McIntosh, 1885
    4. Genus Samythopsis McIntosh, 1885
    5. Genus Amagopsis Pergament & Khlebovich, 1964 accepted as Grubianella McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Neopaiwa Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Samythopsis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
    7. Genus Paiwa Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Samythopsis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
    8. Genus Weddellia Hartman, 1967 accepted as Samythopsis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
  2. Subfamily Ampharetinae Malmgren, 1866
    1. Genus Abderos Schüller & Jirkov, 2013
    2. Genus Adercodon Mackie, 1994
    3. Genus Alkmaria Horst, 1919
    4. Genus Ampharana Hartman, 1967
    5. Tribe Ampharetini Holthe, 1986
      1. Genus Ampharete Malmgren, 1866
      2. Genus Neosabellides Hessle, 1917
      3. Genus Asabellides Annenkova, 1929 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
      4. Genus Sabellides Milne Edwards in Lamarck, 1838 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850
    7. Genus Amythas Benham, 1921
    8. Genus Amythasides Eliason, 1955
    9. Genus Andamanella Holthe, 2002
    10. Genus Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884
    11. Genus Auchenoplax Ehlers, 1887
    12. Genus Decemunciger Zottoli, 1982
    13. Genus Ecamphicteis Fauchald, 1972
    14. Genus Eclysippe Eliason, 1955
    15. Genus Emaga Hartman, 1978
    16. Genus Endecamera Zottoli, 1982
    17. Genus Eusamythella Hartman, 1971
    18. Genus Glyphanostomum Levinsen, 1884
    19. Genus Gnathampharete Desbruyères, 1978
    20. Genus Grassleia Solis-Weiss, 1993
    21. Genus Jugamphicteis Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
    22. Genus Lysippe Malmgren, 1866
    23. Genus Melinnampharete Annenkova, 1937
    24. Genus Melinnata Hartman, 1965
    25. Genus Melinnoides Benham, 1927
    26. Genus Neosamytha Hartman, 1967
    27. Genus Orochi Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
    28. Genus Pabits Chamberlin, 1919
    29. Genus Paedampharete Russell, 1987
    30. Genus Parampharete Hartman, 1967
    31. Genus Paramphicteis Caullery, 1944
    32. Genus Paramytha Kongsrud, Eilertsen, Alvestad, Kongshavn & Rapp, 2017
    33. Genus Phyllampharete Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
    34. Genus Phyllamphicteis Augener, 1918
    35. Genus Phyllocomus Grube, 1877
    36. Genus Samytha Malmgren, 1866
    37. Genus Samythella Verrill, 1873
    38. Genus Sosane Malmgren, 1866
    39. Genus Tanseimaruana Imajima, Reuscher & Fiege, 2013
    40. Genus Watatsumi Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
    41. Genus Ymerana Holthe, 1986
    42. Genus Zatsepinia Jirkov, 1986
    43. Genus Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 accepted as Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917 (subjective synonym)
    44. Genus Anobothrella Hartman, 1967 accepted as Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884 (subjective synonym)
    45. Genus Branchiosabella Claparède, 1863 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    46. Genus Crossostoma Gosse, 1855 accepted as Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
    47. Genus Egamella Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Amage Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    48. Genus Eusamytha Hartman, 1967 accepted as Eusamythella Hartman, 1971 (junior homonym)
    49. Genus Eusamytha McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Samythella Verrill, 1873 (subjective synonym)
    50. Genus Glyphanostoma [auct.] accepted as Glyphanostomum Levinsen, 1884 (lapsus calami)
    51. Genus Glyphanostonum [auct.] accepted as Glyphanostomum Levinsen, 1884 (lapsus calami)
    52. Genus Heterobranchus Wagner, 1885 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    53. Genus Lysippides Hessle, 1917 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    54. Genus Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978 accepted as Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884 (subjective synonym)
    55. Genus Mexamage Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Amage Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    56. Genus Microsamytha Augener, 1928 accepted as Alkmaria Horst, 1919 (subjective synonym)
    57. Genus Mooresamytha Williams, 1987 accepted as Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
    58. Genus Mugga Eliason, 1955 accepted as Sosane Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    59. Genus Muggoides Hartman, 1965 accepted as Sosane Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    60. Genus Paralysippe Williams, 1987 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    61. Genus Paramage Caullery, 1944 accepted as Amage Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    62. Genus Parhypania Annenkova, 1928 accepted as Hypania Ostroumoff, 1897 (subjective synonym)
    63. Genus Pavelius Kuznetsov & Levenstein, 1988 accepted as Neosabellides Hessle, 1917 (subjective synonym)
    64. Genus Pseudampharete Hilbig, 2000 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    65. Genus Pseudoamphicteis Hutchings, 1977 accepted as Paramphicteis Caullery, 1944 (subjective synonym)
    66. Genus Pseudosabellides Berkeley & Berkeley, 1943 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    67. Genus Pterampharete Augener, 1918 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    68. Genus Pterolysippe Augener, 1918 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    69. Genus Rhynchoscaphia McIntosh in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885 accepted as Phyllocomus Grube, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, prematurely published in the Challenger narrative, but unused by McIntosh)
    70. Genus Schistocomus Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Phyllocomus Grube, 1877 (subjective synonym)
    71. Genus Sosanella Hartman, 1965 accepted as Sosane Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    72. Genus Sosanides Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884 (subjective synonym)
    73. Genus Sosanopsis Hessle, 1917 accepted as Sosane Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
    74. Genus Aryandes Kinberg, 1867 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
  3. Subfamily Amphicteinae Holthe, 1986
    1. Genus Hobsonia Banse, 1979
    2. Genus Hypania Ostroumoff, 1897
    3. Genus Hypaniola Annenkova, 1927
    4. Genus Noanelia Desbruyères & Laubier, 1977
  4. Genus Rytocephalus Quatrefages, 1866
  5. Genus Uschakovius Laubier, 1973
  6. Subfamily Alvinellinae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1980 accepted as Alvinellidae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1986 (disused, placeholder entry for rank upgrade to family))
  7. Subfamily Melinninae Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Melinnidae Chamberlin, 1919 (disused, placeholder entry for rank upgrade to family)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 361-362; note: as family "Ampharetea n." with genus Ampharete etc also new, although Malmgren included two existing genera [details]   
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1866. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=981 on 2024-03-19
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original description Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 361-362; note: as family "Ampharetea n." with genus Ampharete etc also new, although Malmgren included two existing genera [details]   

additional source Holthe, T. (1986). Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. <em>Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia.</em> 7: 1-192. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Reuscher, M.; Fiege, D.; Wehe, T. 2009. Four new species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Pacific hot vents and cold seeps, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all genera. Zootaxa 2191: 1-40, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02191.html [details]   

additional source Jirkov, I. A. 2011. Discussion of taxonomic characters and classification of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta). Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 78-94 [details]   

additional source Salazar Vallejo, Sergio I.; Hutchings Pat, A. 2012. A review of characters useful in delineating ampharetid genera (Polychaeta). Zootaxa (3402): 45-53, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3402.html  [details]   

additional source Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166 [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]   

additional source Day, John H. (1964). A review of the family Ampharetidae (Polychaeta. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 48(4): 97-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40722718 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]   

additional source Holthe, T. (1986). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. <em>Gunneria.</em> 55: 1-236., available online at http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:331918/FULLTEXT01.pdf [details]   

identification resource Holthe, Torleif. (2000). Bathyal and Abyssal Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) (sedentary species II). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 18: 57-68. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Jirkov, I. A. and Leontovitch, M. K. (2013). Identification keys for Terebellomorpha (Polychaeta) of the eastern Atlantic and the North Polar basin. Invertebrate Zoology [aka Zoologiya Bespozvonochnykh]. 10 (2): 217 - 243., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/10_2/invert10_2_217_243%20_irkov.pdf [details]   

identification resource Schiaparelli, Stefano; Jirkov, Igor A. (2021). Contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of Ampharetidae (Annelida) from Antarctica with the description of Amage giacomobovei sp. nov. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 733(1): 125–145., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1227
page(s): 138; note: key to Antarctic genera of Ampharetidae [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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