WoRMS taxon details
Amphiduros Hartman, 1959
129303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129303)
accepted
Genus
Amphidromus setosus Hessle, 1925 accepted as Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (type by subsequent designation)
Amphidromus Hessle, 1925 · unaccepted > junior homonym (replaced junior homonym)
- Species Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875)
- Species Amphiduros axialensis Blake & Hilbig, 1990 accepted as Amphiduropsis axialensis (Blake & Hilbig, 1990) (superseded original combination)
- Species Amphiduros izukai (Hessle, 1925) accepted as Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphiduros pacificus Hartman, 1961 accepted as Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphiduros setosus (Hessle, 1925) accepted as Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (subjective synonym )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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.
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied by Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca).
Amphiduros was proposed...
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity...
Amphiduros was proposed...
Nomenclature Replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied by Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca).
Amphiduros was proposed in the Hartman 1959 catalogue as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details]
Amphiduros was proposed in the Hartman 1959 catalogue as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details]
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity...
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity appearing to be related to Amphiduros. In a subsequent paper Pleijel (2001) presented evidence "capricornia" was closer to Parahesione (q.v.) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphiduros Hartman, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129303 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
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.
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Amphidromus Hessle, 1925) Hessle, Christian. (1925). Einiges über die Hesioniden und die Stellung der Gattung <i>Ancistrosyllis</i>. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 17A(10): 1-36, plates 1-2.
page(s): 26-28 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): 182; note: Amphiduros is proposed as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Amphidromus Hessle, 1925) Hessle, Christian. (1925). Einiges über die Hesioniden und die Stellung der Gattung <i>Ancistrosyllis</i>. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 17A(10): 1-36, plates 1-2.
page(s): 26-28 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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 [request]
redescription Pleijel, F. (2001). Revision of Amphiduros Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae, Gyptini). <em>Ophelia.</em> 54(1): 15-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2001.10409453 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Sundkvist, T.; Nygren, A. 2012. A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 471-494
page(s): 475 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Pleijel, F. (2001). Revision of Amphiduros Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae, Gyptini). <em>Ophelia.</em> 54(1): 15-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2001.10409453 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Sundkvist, T.; Nygren, A. 2012. A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 471-494
page(s): 475 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Pleijel, Fredrik and Rouse, Greg W. 2000. A new taxon, Capricornia (Hesionidae, Polychaeta), illustrating the LITU ('Least-Inclusive Taxonomic Unit') concept. Zoologica Scripta, 29(2): 157-168.
page(s): 158 [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 [request]
page(s): 158 [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
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Nomenclature Replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied by Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca).Amphiduros was proposed in the Hartman 1959 catalogue as a replacement name for Amphidromus Hessle, 1925, preoccupied in Gastropoda, 1850 [details]
Taxonomy Pleijel & Rouse (2000) published the intentionally non-code-compliant new taxon name "capricornia", which was an entity appearing to be related to Amphiduros. In a subsequent paper Pleijel (2001) presented evidence "capricornia" was closer to Parahesione (q.v.) [details]
