MSBIAS taxon details
Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835
129912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129912)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 47, 54-58, plate 11, figures 29a–h; note: As Chaetopterus norvegus (lapsus) / norvegicus, Bergensfjord, Norway [details]
page(s): 47, 54-58, plate 11, figures 29a–h; note: As Chaetopterus norvegus (lapsus) / norvegicus, Bergensfjord, Norway [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835. 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=129912 on 2026-08-16
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 norvegicus M. Sars, 1835. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129912 on 2026-08-16
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Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 47, 54-58, plate 11, figures 29a–h; note: As Chaetopterus norvegus (lapsus) / norvegicus, Bergensfjord, Norway [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 Sars, Michael. (1861). Uddrag af en med Afbildninger ledsaget Beskrivelse over <i>Chaetopterus sarsii</i> Boeck, nov. spec., og <i>Chaetopterus norvegicus</i> Sars. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 85-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473655
page(s): 86, 86-87 [details]
additional source Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 207 [details]
redescription Moore, Jenna M.; Gagnon, Jean-Marc; Petersen, Mary E. (2020). A new species of Chaetopterus (Annelida: Chaetopteridae) from eastern Canada, with a redescription of Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 720(1): 19-34., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1111
page(s): 21-26, figures 1A-J, 3A, table 1; note: lectotype designation, redescription (body figures are photographs of the lectotype) [details] Available for editors
status 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): 78; note: as Chaetopterus 'norvegus' included in synonymy of C. variopedatus [details]
page(s): 47, 54-58, plate 11, figures 29a–h; note: As Chaetopterus norvegus (lapsus) / norvegicus, Bergensfjord, Norway [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 Sars, Michael. (1861). Uddrag af en med Afbildninger ledsaget Beskrivelse over <i>Chaetopterus sarsii</i> Boeck, nov. spec., og <i>Chaetopterus norvegicus</i> Sars. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 85-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473655
page(s): 86, 86-87 [details]
additional source Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 207 [details]
redescription Moore, Jenna M.; Gagnon, Jean-Marc; Petersen, Mary E. (2020). A new species of Chaetopterus (Annelida: Chaetopteridae) from eastern Canada, with a redescription of Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 720(1): 19-34., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1111
page(s): 21-26, figures 1A-J, 3A, table 1; note: lectotype designation, redescription (body figures are photographs of the lectotype) [details] Available for editors
status 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): 78; note: as Chaetopterus 'norvegus' included in synonymy of C. variopedatus [details]
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