WoRMS name details
Autolytus varians Verrill, 1881
157236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157236)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
Autolytus ornatus Verrill, 1879 · unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 320, plate XII fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 320, plate XII fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in New England (USA)
, Note Atlantic Ocean, New England
type locality contained in New England (USA) [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, New England [details]
Distribution This is a North West Atlantic species not recorded in the European area
Taxonomy According to Nygren (2004) type material of this species does not fit the original description resembling several different...
Distribution This is a North West Atlantic species not recorded in the European area [details]
Taxonomy According to Nygren (2004) type material of this species does not fit the original description resembling several different...
Taxonomy According to Nygren (2004) type material of this species does not fit the original description resembling several different species. Thus, he consider A. varians a "nomen dubium" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus varians Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157236 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4: 285-324., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476851
page(s): 320, plate XII fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Autolytus ornatus Verrill, 1879) Verrill, A.E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 170; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 320, plate XII fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Autolytus ornatus Verrill, 1879) Verrill, A.E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 170; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution This is a North West Atlantic species not recorded in the European area [details]Taxonomy According to Nygren (2004) type material of this species does not fit the original description resembling several different species. Thus, he consider A. varians a "nomen dubium" [details]
From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, New England [details]
