WoRMS name details
Autolytus rubrovittatus Claparède, 1864
131273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131273)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 563-565, plate VII fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 563-565, plate VII fig. 3 [details]
Note Port-Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea...
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Type locality Port-Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 42.519º, 03.109º). [details]
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water.
Distribution Mediterranean Sea: France (Port-Vendres).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet rubrovittatus is composed by the prefix rubro-, from the Latin rubrum, meaning 'red', and...
Taxonomy Species considered to be Myrianida incerta sedis by Nygren (2004).
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]
Distribution Mediterranean Sea: France (Port-Vendres).
Distribution Mediterranean Sea: France (Port-Vendres). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet rubrovittatus is composed by the prefix rubro-, from the Latin rubrum, meaning 'red', and...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet rubrovittatus is composed by the prefix rubro-, from the Latin rubrum, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective vitattus, meaning 'banded', and refers probably to the three dorsal longitudinal red lines present in the atokous region of the single specimen in the atokous stage studied by Claparède (1864). [details]
Taxonomy Species considered to be Myrianida incerta sedis by Nygren (2004).
Taxonomy Species considered to be Myrianida incerta sedis by Nygren (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus rubrovittatus Claparède, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131273 on 2025-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 563-565, plate VII fig. 3 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 563-565, plate VII fig. 3 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
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): 161; note: Considered as Myrianida incerta sedis [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 161; note: Considered as Myrianida incerta sedis [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 650 [details]
page(s): 650 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]Distribution Mediterranean Sea: France (Port-Vendres). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet rubrovittatus is composed by the prefix rubro-, from the Latin rubrum, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective vitattus, meaning 'banded', and refers probably to the three dorsal longitudinal red lines present in the atokous region of the single specimen in the atokous stage studied by Claparède (1864). [details]
Habitat Not stated, unknown. [details]
Reproduction By schizogamy. Female stolon with 4+14+5 chaetigers. Tentacular cirri 1 pair. Eggs pale reddish. [details]
Specimen Types not retained. [details]
Taxonomy Species considered to be Myrianida incerta sedis by Nygren (2004). [details]
Type locality Port-Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 42.519º, 03.109º). [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Bioclimatic category temperate [details]Classification Since this species belongs to Myrianida incertae sedis, the original generic name Autolytus (now synonym of Myrianida) is still used to indicate it [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
