(ofAonides fulgens Levinsen, 1884)Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206 page(s): 101 (diagnosis), 102-103 [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic: Kiel Bay; Kattegat; North Sea; English Channel; Irish Sea. NW Atlantic: Gulf of Maine; Massachusetts.
Distribution NE Atlantic: Kiel Bay; Kattegat; North Sea; English Channel; Irish Sea. NW Atlantic: Gulf of Maine; Massachusetts. [details]
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary; Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the...
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary; Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay to Massachusetts and Virginian subprovince [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paraonis fulgens (Levinsen, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146932 on 2025-07-16
original description(ofAonides fulgens Levinsen, 1884)Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206 page(s): 101 (diagnosis), 102-103 [details]
basis of recordHartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy
redescriptionStrelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online athttp://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf page(s): 51-53, figs. 18.1, 20A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
Other
context source (Schelde)Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and 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; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea.[details]
additional sourceBrunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourcePollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online athttp://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C[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 sourceDauvin, J.C. and Cabioch, L. 1988. New species for the list of marine fauna from Roscoff: Amphipod (Siphonoecetes striatus ) and polychaete Paraonidae, and spatial distribution of Echinocardium pennatifidum . Nouvelles especes pour l'inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff-crustaces amphipodes: Siphonoecetes striatus Myers et McGrath et annelides polychetes Paraonidae et nouvelles donnees sur la repartition du spatangide Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 29(2): 215-219.[details]
additional sourceFauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online athttps://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751[details]
additional sourceIntegrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online athttp://www.itis.gov[details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology The species is bioluminescent. [details] Distribution NE Atlantic: Kiel Bay; Kattegat; North Sea; English Channel; Irish Sea. NW Atlantic: Gulf of Maine; Massachusetts. [details] Habitat Sandy littoral zone. Lives in thin and fragile tubes cemented with mucus. [details] Publication date Wrongly cited as (Levinsen, 1883) in Hartmann-Schröder (1996), source Zoological Record (1884). [details] Reproduction Sexually mature females found in May (south of Kattegat), August (coastal waters of North America) and in August to September (coastal waters of France). Pettibone (1963) reported large violet colored eggs in the body cavity. [details] Type designation As its original combination of Aonides fulgens Levinsen, 1884 the species Paraonis fulgens was assigned as type species of Paraonis Grube, 1873 [details]
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Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary; Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay to Massachusetts and Virginian subprovince [details] Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]