WoRMS name details
Chaetopterus appendiculatus Grube, 1874
336419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336419)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, E. (1874). Descriptiones Annulatorum novorum mare Ceylonicum habitantium ab honoratissimo Holdsworth collectorum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 42(1): 325-329., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502470
page(s): 328 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 328 [no figures] [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 appendiculatus Grube, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336419 on 2026-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, E. (1874). Descriptiones Annulatorum novorum mare Ceylonicum habitantium ab honoratissimo Holdsworth collectorum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 42(1): 325-329., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502470
page(s): 328 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 328 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, Pierre. (1919). Annélides Polychètes de Madagascar, de Djibouti, et du Golfe Persique. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 58(8): 315-473, plates XV-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316667 [details]
Other
additional source
Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 49-51, text-fig. 6a-c; note: notes comparing with Chaetopterus hamatus [details]
additional source Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 291-292, plate V fig. 126 [details]
biology source Britayev, Temir A.; Mekhova, Elena; Deart, Yury & Martin, Daniel. (2017). Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of <i>Chaetopterus</i> spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e2930: 1-25., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/2930/
note: C appendiculatus as host of polynoid Ophthalmonoe pettiboneae, the carapid fish Onuxodon fowleri and the porcellanid crab Eulenaios cometes [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 49-51, text-fig. 6a-c; note: notes comparing with Chaetopterus hamatus [details]
additional source Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 291-292, plate V fig. 126 [details]
biology source Britayev, Temir A.; Mekhova, Elena; Deart, Yury & Martin, Daniel. (2017). Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of <i>Chaetopterus</i> spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e2930: 1-25., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/2930/
note: C appendiculatus as host of polynoid Ophthalmonoe pettiboneae, the carapid fish Onuxodon fowleri and the porcellanid crab Eulenaios cometes [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
