MSBIAS taxon details
Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830
129229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129229)
accepted
Genus
- Species Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835
- Species Chaetopterus sarsii Boeck in Sars, 1861
- Species Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)
- Species Chaetopterus sarsi [auctt. misspelling for sarsii] accepted as Chaetopterus sarsii Boeck in Sars, 1861 (subsequent misspelling (sarsi instead of sarsii))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 208 [details]
page(s): 208 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129229 on 2026-09-12
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129229 on 2026-09-12
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Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 208 [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 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 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 Dicquemarre, Jacques François [aka: l'abbé Dicquemarre, & Dicquemare]. (1778). Menagerie marine , animaux singuliers. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle [aka: Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers].</em> 12 (2): 281-285, plates 1-2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6005995
page(s): plate 2; note: perhaps the oldest known illustration of a Chaetopterus [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Newbigin, Marion I. 1898. On certain green (chlorophylloid) pigments in invertebrates. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London (series 2) 41: 391-438., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-41/163.toc [details]
ecology source Pröts, P.; Wanninger, A.; Schwaha, T. (2019). Life in a tube: morphology of the ctenostome bryozoan Hypophorella expansa. <em>Zoological Letters.</em> 5(1): 17 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0142-2
note: The bryozoan lives in the tube walls of Chaetopterus (species not stated) [details]
page(s): 208 [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 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 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 Dicquemarre, Jacques François [aka: l'abbé Dicquemarre, & Dicquemare]. (1778). Menagerie marine , animaux singuliers. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle [aka: Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers].</em> 12 (2): 281-285, plates 1-2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6005995
page(s): plate 2; note: perhaps the oldest known illustration of a Chaetopterus [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Newbigin, Marion I. 1898. On certain green (chlorophylloid) pigments in invertebrates. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London (series 2) 41: 391-438., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-41/163.toc [details]
ecology source Pröts, P.; Wanninger, A.; Schwaha, T. (2019). Life in a tube: morphology of the ctenostome bryozoan Hypophorella expansa. <em>Zoological Letters.</em> 5(1): 17 pages., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0142-2
note: The bryozoan lives in the tube walls of Chaetopterus (species not stated) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
