WoRMS name details
Arenicola antillensis Lütken, 1864
1808616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1808616)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym, subgenus rank in original spelling abandoned)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Arenicola (Pteroscolex) antillensis Lütken, 1864) Lütken, Christian Frederik. (1864). En ny vestindisk Sandorm, <i>Arenicola (Pteroscolex) antillensis</i> Ltk. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1864(3-7): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35852121
page(s): 121-122 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 121-122 [no figures] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicola antillensis Lütken, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1808616 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arenicola (Pteroscolex) antillensis Lütken, 1864) Lütken, Christian Frederik. (1864). En ny vestindisk Sandorm, <i>Arenicola (Pteroscolex) antillensis</i> Ltk. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1864(3-7): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35852121
page(s): 121-122 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 173; note: subgenus rank abandoned [details]
page(s): 121-122 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 173; note: subgenus rank abandoned [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Horst, Rutger. (1889). Contributions towards the knowledge of the Annelida Polychaeta. II. On <i>Arenicola</i>-specimens from the Gulf of Naples. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 11(1): 37-45, plate 3., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/508699
page(s): 42; note: with Arenicola cristata [details]
status source Wells, G. P. (1961). A new lugworm from Woods Hole, hitherto included in Arenicola cristata (Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 137(1): 1-11., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb06158.x
page(s): 9; note: Synonymy of 'antillensis' of Lütken to 'cristata' confirmed. "I recently re-examined Lütken’s type, which is in the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum at Copenhagen, and find that it agrees complet...
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page(s): 42; note: with Arenicola cristata [details]
status source Wells, G. P. (1961). A new lugworm from Woods Hole, hitherto included in Arenicola cristata (Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 137(1): 1-11., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb06158.x
page(s): 9; note: Synonymy of 'antillensis' of Lütken to 'cristata' confirmed. "I recently re-examined Lütken’s type, which is in the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum at Copenhagen, and find that it agrees complet...
Synonymy of 'antillensis' of Lütken to 'cristata' confirmed. "I recently re-examined Lütken’s type, which is in the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum at Copenhagen, and find that it agrees completely with the form here
called [Arenicola] cristata"
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