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CaRMS name detailsAutolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
157234 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157234)
unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (with the masculine genus Autolytus the spelling should be 'prolifer')
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
marine,
recent only
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1788). Zoologia Danica sev Animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm Descriptiones et Historia. <em>Volvmen Primvm Explicationi iconvm fascicvli primi.</em> Vol. 1 [1788]: i-v, 1-52, pls. 1-40; Vol. 2 [1788]: [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80; Vol. 3 [1789]: 1-71, pls. 81-120; Vol. 4 [1806]: [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller [vol. 1-3], N. Christensen [vol. 4]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/49477
page(s): vol. 1, 15, vol. 2 plate 52 figures 5-9; note: Latin description and colour plate (in 2nd volume). Norway [details] 
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Cobscook Bay [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157234 on 2026-07-10
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Autolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157234 on 2026-07-10
Date action by
original description
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1788). Zoologia Danica sev Animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm Descriptiones et Historia. <em>Volvmen Primvm Explicationi iconvm fascicvli primi.</em> Vol. 1 [1788]: i-v, 1-52, pls. 1-40; Vol. 2 [1788]: [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80; Vol. 3 [1789]: 1-71, pls. 81-120; Vol. 4 [1806]: [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller [vol. 1-3], N. Christensen [vol. 4]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/49477
page(s): vol. 1, 15, vol. 2 plate 52 figures 5-9; note: Latin description and colour plate (in 2nd volume). Norway [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  additional source Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100 page(s): 105-106 [details] additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details] additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details] additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors new combination reference Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350 page(s): 310 + unnumbered table facing page 281; note: as type and only species of new genus Autolytus [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Later authors considered Autolytus was masculine and mostly changed Grube's spelling to 'prolifer' for gender agreement [details]Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Cobscook Bay [details]
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