WoRMS taxon details
Amage Malmgren, 1866
129153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129153)
accepted
Genus
Amage auricula Malmgren, 1866 (type by monotypy)
Egamella Fauchald, 1972 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Mexamage Fauchald, 1972 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Paramage Caullery, 1944 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Amage adspersa (Grube, 1863)
- Species Amage anops (Johnson, 1901)
- Species Amage arieticornuta Moore, 1923
- Species Amage asiatica Uschakov, 1955
- Species Amage auricula Malmgren, 1866
- Species Amage benhami Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2009
- Species Amage ceshici Jirkov, 2023
- Species Amage clemi Jirkov, 2023
- Species Amage corrugata (Fauchald, 1972)
- Species Amage delus (Chamberlin, 1919)
- Species Amage ehlersi Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
- Species Amage gallasi Marion, 1876
- Species Amage giacomobovei Schiaparelli & Jirkov, 2021
- Species Amage imajimai Reuscher, 2015
- Species Amage levensteinae Jirkov, 2023
- Species Amage longibranchiata Hartman, 1960
- Species Amage longitorus Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
- Species Amage madurensis (Caullery, 1944)
- Species Amage micropaleata Schüller & Jirkov, 2013
- Species Amage perfecta Moore, 1923
- Species Amage pusilla Verrill, 1873
- Species Amage quadribranchiata (Fauchald, 1972)
- Species Amage scotica Clark, 1952
- Species Amage sculpta Ehlers, 1908
- Species Amage scutata Moore, 1923
- Species Amage sibogae Caullery, 1944
- Species Amage tasmanensis (Holthe, 2000)
- Species Amage tumida Ehlers, 1887
- Species Amage asiaticus Uschakov, 1955 accepted as Amage asiatica Uschakov, 1955 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, gender agreement requires ‘asiatica’)
- Species Amage gallasii [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Amage gallasi Marion, 1876 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, subsequent misspelling of 'gallasi')
- Species Amage inhamata Hoagland, 1919 accepted as Dodecaceria inhamata (Hoagland, 1919) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amage septemdecima Schüller & Jirkov, 2013 accepted as Amythas septemdecima (Schüller & Jirkov, 2013) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 370-371 [details]
page(s): 370-371 [details]
Etymology Etymology not given, but the name Amage refers likely to the Sarmatian warrior queen Amage, who lived and ruled as a regent...
Etymology Etymology not given, but the name Amage refers likely to the Sarmatian warrior queen Amage, who lived and ruled as a regent the region north of the Black Sea, at the end of the 2nd. century BC. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Amage Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129153 on 2026-02-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 370-371 [details]
original description (of Egamella Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 295-296 [details]
original description (of Mexamage Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 309-310 [details]
original description (of Paramage Caullery, 1944) Caullery, Maurice. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 370-371 [details]
original description (of Egamella Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 295-296 [details]
original description (of Mexamage Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 309-310 [details]
original description (of Paramage Caullery, 1944) Caullery, Maurice. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
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]
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)
note: Checklist [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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)
note: Checklist [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Etymology not given, but the name Amage refers likely to the Sarmatian warrior queen Amage, who lived and ruled as a regent the region north of the Black Sea, at the end of the 2nd. century BC. [details]
