WoRMS name details
Chaetopterus afer Quatrefages, 1866
336417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336417)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 215-216 [no figures]; note: described from tube alone [details]
page(s): 215-216 [no figures]; note: described from tube alone [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus afer Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336417 on 2026-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 215-216 [no figures]; note: described from tube alone [details]
page(s): 215-216 [no figures]; note: described from tube alone [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Crossland, Cyril. (1904). The Polychaeta of the Maldive Archipelago from the collections made by J. Stanley Gardiner in 1899. Chaetopteridae and part of the Eunicidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 74(1): 270-286, plates XVIII-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887347
page(s): 271-272; note: synonymy with Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804) [details]
source of synonymy Marenzeller, Emil von. (1879). Südjapanische Anneliden. I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe , Wien.</em> 41 (2): 109-154, plates I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7215498
page(s): 143 [footnote]; note: suggested synonymy with Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855 [details]
page(s): 271-272; note: synonymy with Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804) [details]
source of synonymy Marenzeller, Emil von. (1879). Südjapanische Anneliden. I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe , Wien.</em> 41 (2): 109-154, plates I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7215498
page(s): 143 [footnote]; note: suggested synonymy with Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855 [details]
Other
additional source
Joyeux-Laffuie, J. 1890. Étude monographique du Chétoptère (Chaetopterus variopedatus, Rénier) suivie d'une revision des espèces du genre Chaetopterus. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale 8: 245-360.
page(s): 346; note: cited in a species list [details]
page(s): 346; note: cited in a species list [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
