WoRMS taxon details
Protoaricia Czerniavsky, 1881
129422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129422)
accepted
Genus
Aricia oerstedii Claparède, 1864 accepted as Protoaricia oerstedii (Claparède, 1864) (type by monotypy)
Aricia (Protoaricia) Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (rank upgrade to genus)
Theostoma Eisig, 1914 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
- Species Protoaricia capsulifera (Bobretzky, 1870)
- Species Protoaricia oerstedii (Claparède, 1864)
- Species Protoaricia pigmentata Solis-Weiss & Fauchald, 1989
- Species Protoaricia oerstedi [auct. misspelling] accepted as Protoaricia oerstedii (Claparède, 1864) (misspelling of 'oerstedii')
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
(of Aricia (Protoaricia) Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 371 [details]
page(s): 371 [details]
description PROTOARICIINAE with rounded prostomium and branchiae limited to abdominal segments. Thoracic neurosetae include crenulated...
description PROTOARICIINAE with rounded prostomium and branchiae limited to abdominal segments. Thoracic neurosetae include crenulated capillaries, hooks and subuluncini; abdominal neurosetae all crenulated capillaries. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protoaricia Czerniavsky, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129422 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Theostoma Eisig, 1914) Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118
page(s): 503 [details]
original description (of Aricia (Protoaricia) Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 371 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 503 [details]
original description (of Aricia (Protoaricia) Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 371 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
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]




From editor or global species database
Classification Blake (2000, 2017) included Protoaricia in Orbiniinae. Therefore Protoarciinae is a synonym of Orbiniinae, although not formally placed as such by Blake (2000, 2017). [details]Unreviewed
description PROTOARICIINAE with rounded prostomium and branchiae limited to abdominal segments. Thoracic neurosetae include crenulated capillaries, hooks and subuluncini; abdominal neurosetae all crenulated capillaries. [details]