Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphicteis antarctica Hessle, 1917
890669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890669)
accepted
Species
Amphicteis gunneri antarctica Hessle, 1917 · unaccepted (rank change to full species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphicteis gunneri antarctica Hessle, 1917) Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 116-117, text-fig. 21b [details]
page(s): 116-117, text-fig. 21b [details]
Type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean
type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Schiaparelli & Jirkov (2016) justify species rank for Amphicteis antarctica as follows: "In the case of A. gunneri...
Taxonomy Schiaparelli & Jirkov (2016) justify species rank for Amphicteis antarctica as follows: "In the case of A. gunneri antarctica we did not examine the holotype, but all the examined specimens collected so far in Antarctic waters, also in accordance with the original description of A. gunneri antarctica, have sharply tapering paleal chaetae like A. japonica and A. atlantica. Therefore, we propose to elevate A. gunneri antarctica to the rank of species level, as for A. atlantica." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicteis antarctica Hessle, 1917. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890669 on 2026-10-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphicteis antarctica Hessle, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890669 on 2026-10-11
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(of Amphicteis gunneri antarctica Hessle, 1917) Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 116-117, text-fig. 21b [details]
status source Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359
page(s): 539; note: raised to species rank [details]
page(s): 116-117, text-fig. 21b [details]
status source Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359
page(s): 539; note: raised to species rank [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Schiaparelli & Jirkov (2016) justify species rank for Amphicteis antarctica as follows: "In the case of A. gunneri antarctica we did not examine the holotype, but all the examined specimens collected so far in Antarctic waters, also in accordance with the original description of A. gunneri antarctica, have sharply tapering paleal chaetae like A. japonica and A. atlantica. Therefore, we propose to elevate A. gunneri antarctica to the rank of species level, as for A. atlantica." [details]
