African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Chaetopterus hamatus Schmarda, 1861

AfReMaS name details

Chaetopterus hamatus Schmarda, 1861

AphiaID

336424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336424)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830

Original name

Chaetopterus hamatus Schmarda, 1861

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 16-17, 6 text-figs. [top of page 17], plate XIX figs. 160, 160a, 160b [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus hamatus Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336424 on 2026-08-22

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Chaetopterus hamatus Schmarda, 1861. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336424 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-20 06:44:16Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2025-08-02 17:45:12Z

changed

Gil, João

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Sources (4)

original description Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 16-17, 6 text-figs. [top of page 17], plate XIX figs. 160, 160a, 160b [details]

additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 48-49, text-fig.5a-b; note: notes comparing with Chaetopterus appendiculatus [details]

source of synonymy Fauvel, Pierre. (1919). Annélides Polychètes de Madagascar, de Djibouti, et du Golfe Persique. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 58(8): 315-473, plates XV-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316667 [details]

source of synonymy Marenzeller, Emil von. (1879). Südjapanische Anneliden. I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea.). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe , Wien. 41 (2): 109-154, plates I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7215498
page(s): 143 [footnote]; note: suggested synonymy with Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855 [details]