Deep-Sea taxon details
Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1869
129920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129920)
accepted
Species
Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1869. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129920 on 2026-02-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129920 on 2026-02-19
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Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110 [details]
original description (of Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903) Crossland, Cyril. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the years 1901 and 1902. - Polychaeta. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 73(1): 169-176, plates XVI-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598765
page(s): 174-176, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK. (look up in IMIS) [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 Bhaud, M. 1971. Aspects systematiques et biogeographiques de l'etude des larves planctonique d'Annelide polychetes. 1-464 CNRS Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer. [details]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1916). Annélides polychètes des Iles Falkland recueillies par M. Rupert Vallentin Esq<sup>re</sup> (1902-1910). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 55(10): 417-482, plates VIII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316033 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 153 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Artüz, M. Levent; Sönmez, Baris; Kubanç, Cüneyt. 2014. First record of Phyllochaetopterus socialis aggregates (Annelida: Polychaeta) from a hydrothermal vent site in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Marine Biodiversity Records 7: e29 (p.1-8) , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214000347 [details]
biology source Claparède, Édouard; Mecznikow, Elias. (1869). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Chaetopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 163-205, Plates 12-17 (6 plates)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45006728
page(s): 181-182, plate XIV fig. 2; note: larval development [details]
original description (of Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903) Crossland, Cyril. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the years 1901 and 1902. - Polychaeta. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 73(1): 169-176, plates XVI-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598765
page(s): 174-176, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK. (look up in IMIS) [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 Bhaud, M. 1971. Aspects systematiques et biogeographiques de l'etude des larves planctonique d'Annelide polychetes. 1-464 CNRS Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer. [details]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1916). Annélides polychètes des Iles Falkland recueillies par M. Rupert Vallentin Esq<sup>re</sup> (1902-1910). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 55(10): 417-482, plates VIII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316033 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 153 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Artüz, M. Levent; Sönmez, Baris; Kubanç, Cüneyt. 2014. First record of Phyllochaetopterus socialis aggregates (Annelida: Polychaeta) from a hydrothermal vent site in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Marine Biodiversity Records 7: e29 (p.1-8) , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214000347 [details]
biology source Claparède, Édouard; Mecznikow, Elias. (1869). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Chaetopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 163-205, Plates 12-17 (6 plates)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45006728
page(s): 181-182, plate XIV fig. 2; note: larval development [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type, geounit Italy [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllochaetopterus socialis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllochaetopterus socialis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
