WoRMS name details
Arenicola bombayensis Kewalramani, Wagh & Ranade, 1960
340353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340353)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kewalramani, H. G.; Wagh, P. V.; Ranade, M. R. (1960). Taxonomy of the lugworm found off Bombay. <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 11(2): 109-115. [details]
Holotype Unknown if holotype exists, geounit Bombay
, Note Off Mumbai (Bombay), Arabian Sea. No further...
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Holotype Unknown if holotype exists, geounit Bombay [details]
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Type locality Off Mumbai (Bombay), Arabian Sea. No further precision of location or geolocation data is available from the original description or Wells. However Chhapgar & Sane 2001 has the type locality of A. bombayensis as being "Haji Ali bay (opposite the race course, near present Shiv Sagar) off Darya Maha". The geolocation is 18.985, 72.81°[details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicola bombayensis Kewalramani, Wagh & Ranade, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340353 on 2025-11-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Kewalramani, H. G.; Wagh, P. V.; Ranade, M. R. (1960). Taxonomy of the lugworm found off Bombay. <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 11(2): 109-115. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Chhapgar, B. F. and Sane, S. R. (2001). Taxonomic status of the Bombay lugworm, Arenicola (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 98(2): 306-308., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/155199
note: placed in synonymy with Atlantic species Arenicola cristata [details] Available for editors
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note: placed in synonymy with Atlantic species Arenicola cristata [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Wells, G. P. 1962. The warm-water lugworms of the world (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 138(3): 331-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb05703.x
page(s): 347, no figures; note: The abstract states A. bombayensis is maintained as a species. Wells adds an occurrence for N.W. Australia from material held at Hamburg [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 347, no figures; note: The abstract states A. bombayensis is maintained as a species. Wells adds an occurrence for N.W. Australia from material held at Hamburg [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype Unknown if holotype exists, geounit Bombay [details]
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Diagnosis [Wells, 1962:347] "Arenicola with 17 setigers. Gills 11 pairs, on setigers vii to xvii. Nephridia 7 pairs, opening on setigers v to xi. Inner end of dorsal septal vessel moves from subintestinal to dorsal vessel in setiger xi. Septa1 pouches large. Oesophageal glands comparatively short. Statocysts closed, each with a single, large, secreted statolith. No longitudinal muscle between nerve cord and circular muscle layer." [details]Synonymy Up to and including his 1980 article "the species problem in lugworms ..." Wells kept Arenicola bombayensis as valid, although the signs are he did not have much confidence in it. Chhapgar & Sane (2001) placed the name in synonymy with Arenicola cristata Stimpson, 1856. The difficulty is that, although similar, A. cristata is an Atlantic species from S Carolina, so such a synonymy is unlikely unless an artificial translocation has occurred. [details]
Type locality Off Mumbai (Bombay), Arabian Sea. No further precision of location or geolocation data is available from the original description or Wells. However Chhapgar & Sane 2001 has the type locality of A. bombayensis as being "Haji Ali bay (opposite the race course, near present Shiv Sagar) off Darya Maha". The geolocation is 18.985, 72.81°
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