WoRMS taxon details
Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866)
129789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129789)
accepted
Species
Ampharete arctica gagarae Uschakov, 1950 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Ampharete gagarae Uschakov, 1950 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Sosane gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Sosane sulcata nidrosiensis Bidenkap, 1907 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 365, plate XXVI fig. 75 [details]
page(s): 365, plate XXVI fig. 75 [details]
Type locality contained in Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of...
Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); south of Cape Cod [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129789 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 365, plate XXVI fig. 75 [details]
original description (of Ampharete arctica gagarae Uschakov, 1950) Uschakov, P. V. (1950). Многощетинrовые Черви (Polychaeta) Охотского Моря [Polychaetes from the Sea of Okhotsk]. <em>Issledovaniya dal'nevostochnykh Morei SSSR.</em> 2: 140-236.
page(s): 218 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Sosane sulcata nidrosiensis Bidenkap, 1907) Bidenkap, Olaf. (1907). Fortegnelse over de i Tronhjemsfjorden hidtil observerede Annulata Polychaeta. <em>Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter.</em> 1906(10): 1-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9527796 [details]
page(s): 365, plate XXVI fig. 75 [details]
original description (of Ampharete arctica gagarae Uschakov, 1950) Uschakov, P. V. (1950). Многощетинrовые Черви (Polychaeta) Охотского Моря [Polychaetes from the Sea of Okhotsk]. <em>Issledovaniya dal'nevostochnykh Morei SSSR.</em> 2: 140-236.
page(s): 218 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Sosane sulcata nidrosiensis Bidenkap, 1907) Bidenkap, Olaf. (1907). Fortegnelse over de i Tronhjemsfjorden hidtil observerede Annulata Polychaeta. <em>Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter.</em> 1906(10): 1-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9527796 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Chávez-López, Yessica; Alvestad, Tom; Moore, Jenna M. (2025). A review of Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884, restricted, with reinstatement of Anobothrella Hartman, 1967 and Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978, and redescription of seven species (Annelida, Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5601(2): 201-245., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5601.2.1
page(s): 205, figure 1-3; note: redescription, including lectotype designation for SMNH Type 5108 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 205, figure 1-3; note: redescription, including lectotype designation for SMNH Type 5108 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
additional source Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng. (2013). Review of Anobothrus (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) from China. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.</em> 31(3): 632-635., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-013-2209-9
page(s): 634; note: records for southern Yellow Sea, and east China Sea [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist, name only [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 [request]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 [details]
[request]context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
additional source Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng. (2013). Review of Anobothrus (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) from China. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.</em> 31(3): 632-635., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-013-2209-9
page(s): 634; note: records for southern Yellow Sea, and east China Sea [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist, name only [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
[request]additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type designation Lectotype designated by Chávez-López et al (2025) as SMNH Type 5108. They comment "Holthe (1986: 50) recognized two lots of A. gracilis in the SMNH as types, which although not labeled as such, had been identified by Malmgren and collected by Loven and Ljungman in Bohuslän as detailed by Malmgren (1866: 365). The two syntype lots (SMNH Type 5107, 5108) contained seven specimens in total, including two Ampharete specimens (one in each lot). The five syntypes of A. gracilis match Malmgren’s descriptions. The illustration of A. gracilis by Malmgren (1866, pl. 26, fig. 75) appears to be based on SMNH Type 9916, which has fully intact branchiae and partially everted tentacles (Fig. 3H–I). However, since it is an incomplete specimen, the best-preserved specimen (SMNH Type 5108) is herein designated as the lectotype of A. gracilis to fix the definition of the species name and to avoid future confusion with non-conspecific specimens in the syntype lots (IZCN 1999 Art. 74.7). " [details]Unreviewed
Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); south of Cape Cod [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Spelling In Müller (2004) as Anabothrus gracilis [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anobothrus gracilis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sosane gracilis (Malmgren, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866)
To The Arctic Traits Database (48 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (320 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anobothrus gracilis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sosane gracilis (Malmgren, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866)
To The Arctic Traits Database (48 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (320 records)
To ITIS
