WoRMS taxon details
Amphitritides Augener, 1922
129687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129687)
accepted
Genus
Terebella gracilis Grube, 1860 accepted as Amphitritides gracilis (Grube, 1860) (type by subsequent designation)
Amphitrite (Amphitritides) Augener, 1922 · unaccepted (rank upgrade to genus)
- Species Amphitritides bruneocomata (Ehlers, 1887)
- Species Amphitritides carawa Nogueira & Hutchings, 2007
- Species Amphitritides gracilis (Grube, 1860)
- Species Amphitritides harpa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
- Species Amphitritides ithya Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
- Species Amphitritides jirkovi Bick & Zettler, 2024
- Species Amphitritides kuehlmanni Arvanitidis & Koukouras, 1995
- Species Amphitritides namibiensis Bick & Zettler, 2024
- Species Amphitritides pectinobranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Amphitritides skeletonensis Bick & Zettler, 2024
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
(of Amphitrite (Amphitritides) Augener, 1922) Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 47 [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
Note Augener included both Terebella gracilis from...
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Type species Augener included both Terebella gracilis from the Mediterranean and Terebella bruneo-comata (as 'brunneo-comata') from St Thomas, West Indies, in his new subgenus within Amphitrite. Hartman in her catalogue was first to designate T. gracilis as the type (fide Holthe, 1986:104), and did not record the rank was as a subgenus as originally published. [details]
Status Nogueira & Hutchings (2007: 3) state that "Amphitritides is close to Neoleprea Hessle, 1917 and Tyira Hutchings, 1997"....
Status Nogueira & Hutchings (2007: 3) state that "Amphitritides is close to Neoleprea Hessle, 1917 and Tyira Hutchings, 1997". They don't mention any similarity with Amphitrite (although the genus was originally created as subgenus of Amphitrite). However, Jirkov (2020: 315, 332, 347) places the type species, Terebella gracilis Grube, currently Amphitritides gracilis, as an Amphitrite. The conservative treatment adopted here is to keep Amphitrides as valid until there is further evidence of this suggested synonymy. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amphitritides Augener, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129687 on 2024-09-23
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(of Amphitrite (Amphitritides) Augener, 1922) Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 47 [details]
taxonomy source Arvanitidis, C.; Koukouras, A. (1995). <i>Amphitritides kuehlmanni</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Terebellidae, Amphitritinae) from the Aegean Sea, with comments on the genus <i>Amphitritides</i> Augener. <em>Ophelia.</em> 40(3): 219-227., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1995.10430587 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
status source Jirkov, Igor A. (2020). Review of the European Amphitrite (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) with description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 17(4): 311-360., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_17/IZ_17_4_311_360
page(s): 347; note: Regards Amphitritides as a synonym of Amphitrite [details]
status source Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 16; note: Authors discuss the synonymisation with Amphitrite made by Jirkov (2020), but maintains the genus as valid. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2007). New species of terebellid polychaetes (Polychaeta : Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1473: 1-24., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01473p024f.pdf
page(s): [Table of valid taxa] [details]
identification resource Bick, Andreas; Zettler, Michael L. (2024). Description of three new species of Amphitritides Augener, 1922 (Terebellida, Annelida) from the coast of Namibia (South West Africa). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5446(1): 42-64., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5446.1.2
page(s): 61; note: World key to Amphitritides species [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
taxonomy source Arvanitidis, C.; Koukouras, A. (1995). <i>Amphitritides kuehlmanni</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Terebellidae, Amphitritinae) from the Aegean Sea, with comments on the genus <i>Amphitritides</i> Augener. <em>Ophelia.</em> 40(3): 219-227., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1995.10430587 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
status source Jirkov, Igor A. (2020). Review of the European Amphitrite (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) with description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 17(4): 311-360., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_17/IZ_17_4_311_360
page(s): 347; note: Regards Amphitritides as a synonym of Amphitrite [details]
status source Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 16; note: Authors discuss the synonymisation with Amphitrite made by Jirkov (2020), but maintains the genus as valid. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2007). New species of terebellid polychaetes (Polychaeta : Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1473: 1-24., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01473p024f.pdf
page(s): [Table of valid taxa] [details]
identification resource Bick, Andreas; Zettler, Michael L. (2024). Description of three new species of Amphitritides Augener, 1922 (Terebellida, Annelida) from the coast of Namibia (South West Africa). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5446(1): 42-64., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5446.1.2
page(s): 61; note: World key to Amphitritides species [details]
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Diagnosis Branchiae on segments 2–3; eyespots present or absent; lateral lappets absent; ventral shields from segment 2; 17–30 pairs of notopodia, from segment 4; notochaetae with smooth limbation, serrated distally; neuropodia from segment 5; uncini avicular in single rows on segments 5–10, thereafter in double rows,arranged face to face until posterior thorax; then, again in single rows.According to Nogueira & Hutchings (2007) "Amphitritides is close to Neoleprea Hessle, 1917 and Tyira Hutchings, 1997, as the three genera have two pairs of small, dichotomously branching branchiae, much shorter than body width, neuropodia as low ridges along whole body, with uncini arranged in double rows from the 7th uncinigerous segment until posterior segments, where uncini are arranged in single rows again ..." [details]
Grammatical gender Amphitritides is here regarded as feminine although its grammatical gender is debatable. Amphitrite is feminine but '-ides' names are masculine unless the author treated them as of another gender. Augener included the recombination of 'brunneo-comata' (which is feminine) without changing it, although a complication is that he introduced Amphitritides as a subgenus, so it was the feminine Amphitrite which determined the species-group gender. Subsequent authors also have included feminine species-group names and there are no masculine names. Therefore it seems the least disruption would be if the genus gender was continued as feminine. [details]
Status Nogueira & Hutchings (2007: 3) state that "Amphitritides is close to Neoleprea Hessle, 1917 and Tyira Hutchings, 1997". They don't mention any similarity with Amphitrite (although the genus was originally created as subgenus of Amphitrite). However, Jirkov (2020: 315, 332, 347) places the type species, Terebella gracilis Grube, currently Amphitritides gracilis, as an Amphitrite. The conservative treatment adopted here is to keep Amphitrides as valid until there is further evidence of this suggested synonymy. [details]
Type species Augener included both Terebella gracilis from the Mediterranean and Terebella bruneo-comata (as 'brunneo-comata') from St Thomas, West Indies, in his new subgenus within Amphitrite. Hartman in her catalogue was first to designate T. gracilis as the type (fide Holthe, 1986:104), and did not record the rank was as a subgenus as originally published. [details]