WoRMS taxon details
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
130749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130749)
accepted
Species
Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (basionym)
Aphrodita filamentosa Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted
Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita scabra Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita viridis Montagu, 1813 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (Spelling variation?)
Gattyana imbricata Treadwell, 1926 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoe scabra (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Lepidonotus cirratus parasiticus Baird, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nychia cirrosa (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent...)
superseded subsequent combination; misspelled epithet
Nychia cirrosa chaetopteri Malaquin, 1890 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe scabriuscula Sars, 1861 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 95-97, plate VIII figs. 3-6 [details]
page(s): 95-97, plate VIII figs. 3-6 [details]
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Type locality contained in West Europe
type locality contained in West Europe [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution This species is very abundant at the Oyster Ground, where it forms a substantial part of the infaunal biomass. G. cirrhosa...
Distribution This species is very abundant at the Oyster Ground, where it forms a substantial part of the infaunal biomass. G. cirrhosa also occurs in the Delta area (Grevelingenmeer, Ooster- and Westerschelde). The species is (almost) absent from the Southern Bight and the Wadden Sea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130749 on 2024-09-08
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original description
(of Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 95-97, plate VIII figs. 3-6 [details]
original description (of Gattyana imbricata Treadwell, 1926) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1926. Polychaetous annelids collected by Captain R.A. Bartlett in Alaska in 1924, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates, 223: 1-8. [details]
original description (of Polynoe scabriuscula Sars, 1861) Sars, Michael. (1861). Om de ved Norges Kyster forekommende Arter af Annelideslaegten <i>Polynoë</i>. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 54-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473613
page(s): 61; note: no figures [details]
original description (of Aphrodita viridis Montagu, 1813) Montagu, G. (1813). Descriptions of several new or rare animals, principally marine, discovered on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(1): 1–26, pls. 1–5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756542
page(s): 18; note: Montagu noted similarity to A. cirrhosa Pallas, and indeed it is thought a synonym [details]
original description (of Aphrodita filamentosa Bruguière, 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 at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780) Müller, Otto Friedrich. 1771. Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers. 1-200. H. Mumme and Faber. Copenhagen., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14389400 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita scabra Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
original description (of Harmothoe scabra (Fabricius, 1780)) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
original description (of Lepidonotus cirratus parasiticus Baird, 1865) Baird, William 1865. Description of a new variety of Lepidonotus cirratus parasitic in the tube of Chaetopterus insignis. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 8: 161-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601903
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Nychia cirrosa chaetopteri Malaquin, 1890) Malaquin, A. (1891). Les annélides polychtes des côtes du Boulonnais (1re liste) (fin). <em>Revue Biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 3: 97-105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134985 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
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 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]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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redescription Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 28-29, figure 5b-d [details]
page(s): 95-97, plate VIII figs. 3-6 [details]
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original description (of Gattyana imbricata Treadwell, 1926) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1926. Polychaetous annelids collected by Captain R.A. Bartlett in Alaska in 1924, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates, 223: 1-8. [details]
original description (of Polynoe scabriuscula Sars, 1861) Sars, Michael. (1861). Om de ved Norges Kyster forekommende Arter af Annelideslaegten <i>Polynoë</i>. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 54-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473613
page(s): 61; note: no figures [details]
original description (of Aphrodita viridis Montagu, 1813) Montagu, G. (1813). Descriptions of several new or rare animals, principally marine, discovered on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(1): 1–26, pls. 1–5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756542
page(s): 18; note: Montagu noted similarity to A. cirrhosa Pallas, and indeed it is thought a synonym [details]
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original description (of Aphrodita filamentosa Bruguière, 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 at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
original description (of Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780) Müller, Otto Friedrich. 1771. Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers. 1-200. H. Mumme and Faber. Copenhagen., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14389400 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita scabra Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
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original description (of Harmothoe scabra (Fabricius, 1780)) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
original description (of Lepidonotus cirratus parasiticus Baird, 1865) Baird, William 1865. Description of a new variety of Lepidonotus cirratus parasitic in the tube of Chaetopterus insignis. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 8: 161-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601903
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Nychia cirrosa chaetopteri Malaquin, 1890) Malaquin, A. (1891). Les annélides polychtes des côtes du Boulonnais (1re liste) (fin). <em>Revue Biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 3: 97-105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134985 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
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 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]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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redescription Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 28-29, figure 5b-d [details]
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Biology Breeding probably takes place in spring (March-June) and the larvae develop in the water column. The species spawns several times during its life. It can reach an age of at least 4-5 years. In the subtidal parts of the area, G. cirrhosa is almost exclusively found in the tubes of the polychaete Chaetopterus variopedatus. Other studies have recorded the species from (empty) tubes of other polychaetes such as Lagis koreni and Amphitrite johnstoni, and in Arenicola burrows. G. cirrosa, like all polynoids, is considered a predatory carnivore. Small crustaceans, echinoderms, polychaetes, gastropods, sponges and hydroids have been mentioned as prey items. (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Curtis, 1977; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
Distribution This species is very abundant at the Oyster Ground, where it forms a substantial part of the infaunal biomass. G. cirrhosa also occurs in the Delta area (Grevelingenmeer, Ooster- and Westerschelde). The species is (almost) absent from the Southern Bight and the Wadden Sea. [details]
Habitat G. cirrhosa shows a preference for the muddier types of sediment as found in the Oyster Ground. [details]
Morphology This species has a flattened body that is oval in outline. lt is composed of up to 38 segrnents and reaches 40 mm in length. The dorsal surface is covered with fifteen pairs of soft scales (elytra). These elytra are covered with minute spines and have a fringe of papillae along the outer edge. The head bears four eyes, one median and two lateral antennae. The elytra have a distinct dark spot in the centre (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Nychia cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gattyana cirrhosa)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9474021)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To The Arctic Traits Database (46 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (14 records) (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096990)
Wikipedia
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Nychia cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gattyana cirrhosa)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9474021)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To The Arctic Traits Database (46 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (14 records) (from synonym Gattyana cirrosa (Pallas, 1766))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096990)
Wikipedia