WoRMS taxon details
Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866
129359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129359)
accepted
Genus
Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866 (type by monotypy)
Nicomachella Levinsen, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Species Petaloproctus borealis Ardwisson, 1906
- Species Petaloproctus cirratus Monro, 1937
- Species Petaloproctus dentatus Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
- Species Petaloproctus filifer (Verrill, 1879)
- Species Petaloproctus integrinatis (Haswell, 1883)
- Species Petaloproctus macrodentatus Lee & Paik, 1986
- Species Petaloproctus neoborealis Hartman, 1969
- Species Petaloproctus ornatus Hartman, 1969
- Species Petaloproctus socialis Andrews, 1891
- Species Petaloproctus tenuis (Théel, 1879)
- Species Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Petaloproctus vallejoi De Assis, Christoffersen & Da Cunha Lana, 2010
- Species Petaloproctus cristagalli (Claparède, 1869) accepted as Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Petaloproctus terricolus [auct. misspelling] accepted as Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, 'terricola' has been treated as a noun in apposition)
- Species Petaloproctus crenatus Chamberlin, 1919 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fragment)
- Species Petaloproctus crosnieri Rullier, 1964 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 247 [details]
page(s): 247 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129359 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Nicomachella Levinsen, 1884) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 140, 141-142 [details]
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Nicomachella Levinsen, 1884) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 140, 141-142 [details]
Other
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 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)
note: checklist listing [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)
note: checklist listing [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
