WoRMS taxon details
Chone Krøyer, 1856
129525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129525)
accepted
Genus
Chone infundibuliformis Krøyer, 1856 (type by subsequent designation)
Megachone Johnson, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonymy of type species)
Metachone Bush, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonymy of type species)
Parachonia Kinberg, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Chone aurantiaca (Johnson, 1901)
- Species Chone costulata (Grube, 1877)
- Species Chone duneri Malmgren, 1867
- Species Chone fauveli McIntosh, 1916
- Species Chone filicaudata Southern, 1914
- Species Chone gracilis Moore, 1906
- Species Chone infundibuliformis Krøyer, 1856
- Species Chone ingeloreae (Plate, 1995)
- Species Chone kroyerii Sars, 1862
- Species Chone letterstedti (Kinberg, 1866)
- Species Chone magna (Moore, 1923)
- Species Chone minuta Hartman, 1944
- Species Chone mollis (Bush, 1904)
- Species Chone murmanica Lukasch, 1910
- Species Chone oculata Annenkova, 1952
- Species Chone orensanzi Tovar-Hernández, de León-González & Bybee, 2017
- Species Chone paucibranchiata (Krøyer, 1856)
- Species Chone rosea Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Chone striata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Chone tamai Tovar-Hernández, De León-González & Hendrickx, 2025
- Species Chone gracilis Hofsommer, 1913 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unreplaced junior primary homonym to Chone gracilis Moore, 1906; no type material nor further records, status cannot be determined (fide Cochrane, 2000: 147))
- Species Chone heterochaeta Hofsommer, 1913 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, no type material nor further records, status cannot be determined (fide Cochrane, 2000: 147))
- Species Chone ungavana Chamberlin, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Chone acustica (Claparède, 1869) accepted as Dialychone acustica Claparède, 1868 (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Chone albocincta Banse, 1971 accepted as Dialychone albocincta (Banse, 1971) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone americana Day, 1973 accepted as Paradialychone americana (Day, 1973) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone arenicola Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Dialychone arenicola (Langerhans, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Dialychone australiensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone bimaculata Banse & Nicholls, 1968 accepted as Paradialychone bimaculata (Banse & Nicholls, 1968) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone cincta Zachs, 1933 accepted as Paradialychone cincta (Zachs, 1933) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone collaris Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Dialychone collaris (Langerhans, 1880) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone diazi Tovar-Hernández, 2005 accepted as Paradialychone diazi (Tovar-Hernández, 2005) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone dunerificta Tovar-Hernández, Licciano & Giangrande, 2007 accepted as Dialychone dunerificta (Tovar-Hernández, Licciano, Giangrande, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone ecaudata (Moore, 1923) accepted as Paradialychone ecaudata (Moore, 1923) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Chone eiffelturris Tovar-Hernández, 2007 accepted as Paradialychone eiffelturris (Tovar-Hernández, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone farringtonae Tovar-Hernández, 2005 accepted as Paradialychone farringtonae (Tovar-Hernández, 2005) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone flabellifera [database misspelling] accepted as Euchone papillosa (Sars, 1851) (database artifact, unpublished misspelling of intended 'flabelligera')
- Species Chone flabelligera Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Euchone papillosa (Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
- Species Chone gambiae Tovar-Hernández, Licciano & Giangrande, 2007 accepted as Paradialychone gambiae (Tovar-Hernández, Licciano, Giangrande, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone johnstonae Tovar-Hernandez, 2005 accepted as Paradialychone johnstonae (Tovar-Hernández, 2005) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone longiseta Giangrande, 1992 accepted as Dialychone longiseta (Giangrande, 1992) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone longocirrata M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Chone duneri Malmgren, 1867 (subjective synonym)
- Species Chone normani McIntosh, 1916 accepted as Dialychone normani (McIntosh, 1916) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone papillosa (Sars, 1851) accepted as Euchone papillosa (Sars, 1851) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Chone paracincta Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Paradialychone paracincta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone paramollis Tovar-Hernández, 2007 accepted as Paradialychone paramollis (Tovar-Hernández, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone perkinsi Tovar-Hernandez, 2005 accepted as Dialychone perkinsi (Tovar-Hernandez, 2005) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone perseyi Zenkevitch, 1925 accepted as Euchone perseyi (Zenkevitch, 1925) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone picta (Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid as derived from an unreplaced primary homonym, even though recombined as Chone picta)
- Species Chone princei McIntosh, 1916 accepted as Jasmineira princei (McIntosh, 1916) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone quebecensis Tovar-Hernandez, 2007 accepted as Dialychone quebecensis (Tovar-Hernandez, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone reayi McIntosh, 1916 accepted as Jasmineira reayi (McIntosh, 1916) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone rubrocincta Sars, 1862 accepted as Euchone rubrocincta (Sars, 1862) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone suspecta Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Chone infundibuliformis Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Species Chone teres Bush, 1905 accepted as Chone infundibuliformis Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Species Chone trilineata Tovar-Hernández, 2007 accepted as Dialychone trilineata (Tovar-Hernández, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone trilobata Gallardo, 1968 accepted as Dialychone trilobata (Gallardo, 1968) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone uebelackerae Tovar-Hernandez, 2005 accepted as Paradialychone uebelackerae (Tovar-Hernández, 2005) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone usticensis Giangrande, Licciano & Castriota, 2006 accepted as Dialychone usticensis (Giangrande, Licciano & Castriota, 2006) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chone veleronis Banse, 1972 accepted as Dialychone veleronis (Banse, 1972) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Note Type species C. infundibuliformis Kroyer 1856...
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Type species Type species C. infundibuliformis Kroyer 1856 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chone Krøyer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129525 on 2026-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Megachone Johnson, 1901) Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 430 [details]
original description (of Metachone Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650
page(s): 216 [details]
original description (of Parachonia Kinberg, 1867) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Megachone Johnson, 1901) Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 430 [details]
original description (of Metachone Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650
page(s): 216 [details]
original description (of Parachonia Kinberg, 1867) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 355 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Tovar-Hernández, María Ana and Sosa-Rodríguez, Teresa 2006. Redescription of Chone infundibuliformis Kroyer, 1856 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) and histology of the branchial crown appendages, collar and glandular ridge. Zootaxa 1115: 31-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1115.1.2 [details]
Other
additional source
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): 404 [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
page(s): 404 [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality