Deep-Sea taxon details
Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840)
130624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130624)
accepted
Species
Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887 · unaccepted (junior homonym, possibly also...)
junior homonym, possibly also junior synonym
Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Johnston, George. (1839). Miscellanea Zoologica. The British Nereides.[article 24] [Continued from vol. iii p. 295]. <em>Annals of Natural History or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> (series 1) 4 (issue 24) [December 1839]: 224-232, plates VI-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386335
page(s): 227-228, plate VI figs. 7-10 [details]
page(s): 227-228, plate VI figs. 7-10 [details]
Distribution Arctic; Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina; Vancouver Island to central California, n. Japan Sea, South Africa
Distribution Arctic; Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina; Vancouver Island to central California, n. Japan Sea, South Africa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840). 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=130624 on 2026-01-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130624 on 2026-01-09
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(of Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 586; note: from Vineyard Sound; no figures [details]
original description (of ) Johnston, George. (1839). Miscellanea Zoologica. The British Nereides.[article 24] [Continued from vol. iii p. 295]. <em>Annals of Natural History or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> (series 1) 4 (issue 24) [December 1839]: 224-232, plates VI-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386335
page(s): 227-228, plate VI figs. 7-10 [details]
original description (of Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887) 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): 710-711, plate I figs. 1-3, plate II fig. 4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
basis of record 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 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 Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32. [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 Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details] Available for editors
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 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
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746 [details]
redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors
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
redescription Blake, J.A. 1994. Family Phyllodocidae Savigny, 1818. pages 115-186. IN: Blake, J.A. and Hilbig, Brigitte. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 4 - The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae). Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
new combination reference Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 99, plate XIII fig. 26 [details]
page(s): 586; note: from Vineyard Sound; no figures [details]
original description (of ) Johnston, George. (1839). Miscellanea Zoologica. The British Nereides.[article 24] [Continued from vol. iii p. 295]. <em>Annals of Natural History or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> (series 1) 4 (issue 24) [December 1839]: 224-232, plates VI-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386335
page(s): 227-228, plate VI figs. 7-10 [details]
original description (of Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887) 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): 710-711, plate I figs. 1-3, plate II fig. 4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
basis of record 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 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 Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32. [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 Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details] Available for editors
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 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
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746 [details]
redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors
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
redescription Blake, J.A. 1994. Family Phyllodocidae Savigny, 1818. pages 115-186. IN: Blake, J.A. and Hilbig, Brigitte. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 4 - The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae). Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
new combination reference Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 99, plate XIII fig. 26 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887) USNM 394, geounit Eastport [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic; Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina; Vancouver Island to central California, n. Japan Sea, South Africa [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) (from synonym Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eulalia bilineata) (from synonym Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eulalia bilineata)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (23 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (44 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106321)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) (from synonym Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eulalia bilineata) (from synonym Eulalia bilineata Webster & Benedict, 1887)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eulalia bilineata)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eulalia gracilis Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (23 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (44 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106321)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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