Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphicteis Grube, 1850
129156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129156)
accepted
Genus
- Species Amphicteis antarctica Hessle, 1917
- Species Amphicteis atlantica McIntosh, 1885
- Species Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Amphicteis japonica McIntosh, 1885
- Species Amphicteis mederi Annenkova, 1929
- Species Amphicteis ninonae Jirkov, 1985
- Species Amphicteis obscurior Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Amphicteis orphnius Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Amphicteis posterobranchiata Fauvel, 1932
- Species Amphicteis sarsi McIntosh, 1885
- Species Amphicteis scaphobranchiata Moore, 1906
- Species Amphicteis taurus Reuscher, Fiege & Imajima, 2015
- Species Amphicteis trichophora Hartman, 1965
- Species Amphicteis uncopalea Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Amphicteis wesenbergae Parapar, Helgason, Jirkov & Moreira, 2011
- Species Amphicteis wyvillei McIntosh, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable type species)
- Species Amphicteis sargassoensis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Jugamphicteis sargassoensis (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphicteis sibogae Caullery, 1944 accepted as Jugamphicteis sibogae (Caullery, 1944) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amphicteis vestis Hartman, 1965 accepted as Tanseimaruana vestis (Hartman, 1965) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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): 330 [details]
page(s): 330 [details]
Etymology Not stated. The derivation of Amphicteis Grube has not yet been discovered. It is not a personal name from Greek and Roman...
Etymology Not stated. The derivation of Amphicteis Grube has not yet been discovered. It is not a personal name from Greek and Roman writings, and is not a dictionary word. Grube considered it feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicteis Grube, 1850. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129156 on 2026-08-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphicteis Grube, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129156 on 2026-08-18
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Martinez, Olga
original description
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): 330 [details]
taxonomy source Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359 [details]
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) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.7 [details]
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Helgason, Gudmundur V.; Jirkov, Igor; Moreira, Juan. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the genus <i>Amphicteis</i> (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) collected by the BIOICE project in Icelandic waters. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 45(23-24): 1477-1499., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.558640
note: Includes key to Arctic-Boreal species of Amphicteis [details] Available for editors
identification resource Wang, Weina; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng; Hutchings, Pat; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2020). A new species of the genus <em>Amphicteis</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida, Ampharetidae) from the Yellow Sea, China, together with a redescription of <em>A. dalmatica</em> Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 988: 1-15., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49934/list/11/
page(s): 13, key; note: Key to Amphicteis species from the Western Pacific [details] Available for editors
page(s): 330 [details]
taxonomy source Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359 [details]
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) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.7 [details]
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Helgason, Gudmundur V.; Jirkov, Igor; Moreira, Juan. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the genus <i>Amphicteis</i> (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) collected by the BIOICE project in Icelandic waters. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 45(23-24): 1477-1499., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.558640
note: Includes key to Arctic-Boreal species of Amphicteis [details] Available for editors
identification resource Wang, Weina; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng; Hutchings, Pat; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2020). A new species of the genus <em>Amphicteis</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida, Ampharetidae) from the Yellow Sea, China, together with a redescription of <em>A. dalmatica</em> Hutchings & Rainer, 1979. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 988: 1-15., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49934/list/11/
page(s): 13, key; note: Key to Amphicteis species from the Western Pacific [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not stated. The derivation of Amphicteis Grube has not yet been discovered. It is not a personal name from Greek and Roman writings, and is not a dictionary word. Grube considered it feminine. [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Grube and following authors have treated Amphicteis as feminine, for example Amphicteis invalida Grube (instead of invalidus). [details]
Synonymy Schiaparelli & Jirkov (2016), and earlier Jirkov (2011) consider that Paramphicteis Caullery, 1944, Phyllamphicteis Augener, 1918, and Pseudoamphicteis Hutchings, 1977 are synonyms of Amphicteis Grube, 1850. Reuscher et al (2015) disagree, keeping Paramphicteis as a senior synonym of Pseudoamphicteis Hutchings, 1977, with Phyllamphicteis also valid due to unique branchiae. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphicteis)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (18 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (18 traits)
To ITIS
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