Deep-Sea name details
Potamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789)
155389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155389)
unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Maine, including Cobscook Bay to North Carolina
Taxonomy Subfamily: Sabellinae, according to Trott (2004).
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Maine, including Cobscook Bay to North Carolina [details]
Taxonomy Subfamily: Sabellinae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Subfamily: Sabellinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789). 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=155389 on 2026-08-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Potamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155389 on 2026-08-13
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(of ) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 57 [details]
taxonomy source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
page(s): 309, figure 107; note: description, with original author as Müller (it should be Bruguière) [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111
page(s): 232; note: McIntosh gives an excellent presentation on Potamilla reniformis, including an excellent list of synonyms. However, he wrongly and strangely credits Leuckart (1849) as the author (it is Bruguière, m...
[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 McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1916). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVIII. 1. On the British Sabellidae. 2. On the Sabellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by H.M.S. 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 3. On the Terebellidae and Sabellidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-73. 4. On the Sabellidae dredged by Canon A.M. Norman off Norway and Finmark. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 17(97): 1-68, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612163
page(s): 7-11 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
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
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [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]
page(s): 57 [details]
taxonomy source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
page(s): 309, figure 107; note: description, with original author as Müller (it should be Bruguière) [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111
page(s): 232; note: McIntosh gives an excellent presentation on Potamilla reniformis, including an excellent list of synonyms. However, he wrongly and strangely credits Leuckart (1849) as the author (it is Bruguière, m...
McIntosh gives an excellent presentation on Potamilla reniformis, including an excellent list of synonyms. However, he wrongly and strangely credits Leuckart (1849) as the author (it is Bruguière, much earlier)
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 McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1916). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVIII. 1. On the British Sabellidae. 2. On the Sabellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by H.M.S. 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 3. On the Terebellidae and Sabellidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-73. 4. On the Sabellidae dredged by Canon A.M. Norman off Norway and Finmark. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 17(97): 1-68, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612163
page(s): 7-11 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
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
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Maine, including Cobscook Bay to North Carolina [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Found from near low tide line to depths of 625 m; prefers hard, shelly bottoms. [details]
Taxonomy Subfamily: Sabellinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | large-eyed feather duster | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (187 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 080602)
To ITIS
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (187 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 080602)
To ITIS
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