ERMS taxon details
Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861)
1258721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258721)
accepted
Species
Amblyosillis plectorhyncha Marenzeller, 1874 · unaccepted
Amblyosyllis dorsigera (Claparède, 1864) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Amblyosyllis inmatura [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'] · unaccepted (misspelling of a subjective synonym)
Amblyosyllis inmaturata [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'] · unaccepted (misspelling of a subjective synonym)
Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864) · unaccepted (recombination of uncertain synonym)
Gattiola spectabilis Johnston in Baird, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Pterosyllis formosa Claparède, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Gattiola spectabilis Johnston in Baird, 1861) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote; no figures] [details]
page(s): 298 [footnote; no figures] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258721 on 2025-06-30
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258721 on 2025-06-30
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original description
(of Pterosyllis formosa Claparède, 1863) Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 46, plate XIII figs. 30-34 [details]
original description (of Gattiola spectabilis Johnston in Baird, 1861) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote; no figures] [details]
basis of record Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3850630
page(s): 108-109, plate xiii figs. 4-10 [details]
redescription Aguado, María Teresa; Capa, María; Lago-Barcia, Domingo; Gil, João; Pleijel, Fredrik; Nygren, Arne. (2019). Species delimitation in <i>Amblyosyllis</i> (Annelida, Syllidae). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 14(4): e0214211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214211
page(s): 53-60, figs. 30-33; note: redescription included topotype material [details] Available for editors
page(s): 46, plate XIII figs. 30-34 [details]
original description (of Gattiola spectabilis Johnston in Baird, 1861) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote; no figures] [details]
basis of record Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3850630
page(s): 108-109, plate xiii figs. 4-10 [details]
redescription Aguado, María Teresa; Capa, María; Lago-Barcia, Domingo; Gil, João; Pleijel, Fredrik; Nygren, Arne. (2019). Species delimitation in <i>Amblyosyllis</i> (Annelida, Syllidae). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 14(4): e0214211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214211
page(s): 53-60, figs. 30-33; note: redescription included topotype material [details] Available for editors





To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Pterosyllis formosa Claparède, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblyosyllis formosa) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblyosyllis spectabilis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis dorsigera (Claparède, 1864))
To PESI (from synonym Pterosyllis formosa Claparède, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosillis plectorhyncha Marenzeller, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis inmatura [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'])
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis inmaturata [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'])
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Pterosyllis formosa Claparède, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblyosyllis formosa) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblyosyllis spectabilis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis dorsigera (Claparède, 1864))
To PESI (from synonym Pterosyllis formosa Claparède, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosillis plectorhyncha Marenzeller, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis inmatura [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'])
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis inmaturata [auct. misspelling for 'immatura'])
To PESI (from synonym Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863))
Unreviewed
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