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WoRMS taxon detailsAmpharete cirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887
159917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159917)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 747, plate 8, figures 110–112.; note: off Eastport, Maine Atlantic coast, 6-12 fathoms [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Maine
type locality contained in Gulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean off Maine [details]
Taxonomy Krüger et al (2022) give a redescription and revalidation of Ampharete cirrata from Maine, based on Baltic sea specimens,...
Taxonomy Krüger et al (2022) give a redescription and revalidation of Ampharete cirrata from Maine, based on Baltic sea specimens, and photographs of Maine, USA, syntypes, USNM 457 (3 specimens). The illustrations are of Baltic Sea specimens from German museum collections SBRO, ZSRO, but this is not stated in the captions. Krüger et al (2022) present molecular data for the Baltic specimens compared to specimens labelled as Ampharete amphicteis from the Pacific coast of N. america, suggesting the two names used as identification represent four actual species. On this issue they state that "We believe that most previous records and synonyms of A. acutifrons have been identified incorrectly and should be re-evaluated, especially with respect to the misidentified characters" [details] Taxonomy Subfamily: Ampharetinae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Subfamily: Ampharetinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharete cirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159917 on 2025-06-15
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855 page(s): 747, plate 8, figures 110–112.; note: off Eastport, Maine Atlantic coast, 6-12 fathoms [details] Taxonomysource of synonymy
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. page(s): 482; note: checklist listing where stated to be "perhaps Amphitrite acutifrons' [details] Available for editors  [request]redescription Krüger, Lotte; Dietrich, Anna; Bastrop, Ralf; Bick, Andreas. (2022). From synonym to valid species: Redescriptions of Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) and A. cirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887, and brief descriptions of A. baltica Eliason, 1955 and A. grubei Malmgren, 1865 (Annelida: Terebellida: Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5174(4): 357–380., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5174.4.3 page(s): 365, figure 4-8; note: redescription based on Baltic sea specimens, and photographs of Maine, USA, syntypes, USNM 457 (3 specimens). There is no presentation showing the historic usages of the name.The illustrations are of ... redescription based on Baltic sea specimens, and photographs of Maine, USA, syntypes, USNM 457 (3 specimens). There is no presentation showing the historic usages of the name.The illustrations are of Baltic Sea specimens from German museum collections SBRO, ZSRO, but this is not stated in the captions.
[request]Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 note: checklist listing [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Krüger et al (2022) give a redescription and revalidation of Ampharete cirrata from Maine, based on Baltic sea specimens, and photographs of Maine, USA, syntypes, USNM 457 (3 specimens). The illustrations are of Baltic Sea specimens from German museum collections SBRO, ZSRO, but this is not stated in the captions. Krüger et al (2022) present molecular data for the Baltic specimens compared to specimens labelled as Ampharete amphicteis from the Pacific coast of N. america, suggesting the two names used as identification represent four actual species. On this issue they state that "We believe that most previous records and synonyms of A. acutifrons have been identified incorrectly and should be re-evaluated, especially with respect to the misidentified characters" [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Taxonomy Subfamily: Ampharetinae, according to Trott (2004). [details] Type locality Atlantic Ocean off Maine [details] |
