Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphiduros Hartman, 1959
129303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129303)
accepted
Genus
- Species Amphiduros axialensis Blake & Hilbig, 1990 accepted as Amphiduropsis axialensis (Blake & Hilbig, 1990) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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.
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
Nomenclature Replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied by Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca).
Amphiduros was proposed...
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity...
Amphiduros was proposed...
Nomenclature Replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied by Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca).
Amphiduros was proposed in the Hartman 1959 catalogue as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details]
Amphiduros was proposed in the Hartman 1959 catalogue as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details]
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity...
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity appearing to be related to Amphiduros. In a subsequent paper Pleijel (2001) presented evidence "capricornia" was closer to Parahesione (q.v.) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphiduros Hartman, 1959. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129303 on 2026-09-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphiduros Hartman, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129303 on 2026-09-10
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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.
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pleijel, Fredrik and Rouse, Greg W. 2000. A new taxon, Capricornia (Hesionidae, Polychaeta), illustrating the LITU ('Least-Inclusive Taxonomic Unit') concept. Zoologica Scripta, 29(2): 157-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00041.x
page(s): 158 [details]
source of synonymy 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
redescription Pleijel, F. (2001). Revision of Amphiduros Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae, Gyptini). <em>Ophelia.</em> 54(1): 15-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2001.10409453
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
status source Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Sundkvist, T.; Nygren, A. 2012. A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 471-494, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00819.x
page(s): 475 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pleijel, Fredrik and Rouse, Greg W. 2000. A new taxon, Capricornia (Hesionidae, Polychaeta), illustrating the LITU ('Least-Inclusive Taxonomic Unit') concept. Zoologica Scripta, 29(2): 157-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00041.x
page(s): 158 [details]
source of synonymy 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
redescription Pleijel, F. (2001). Revision of Amphiduros Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae, Gyptini). <em>Ophelia.</em> 54(1): 15-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2001.10409453
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
status source Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Sundkvist, T.; Nygren, A. 2012. A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 471-494, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00819.x
page(s): 475 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied by Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca).Amphiduros was proposed in the Hartman 1959 catalogue as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details]
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity appearing to be related to Amphiduros. In a subsequent paper Pleijel (2001) presented evidence "capricornia" was closer to Parahesione (q.v.) [details]
