MSBIAS taxon details
Amphiglena mediterranea (Leydig, 1851)
130869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130869)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Leydig, F. (1851). Anatomische Bemerkungen über Carinaria, Firola und Amphicora. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 3: 325-332, plate IX figs. 4-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14273376
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Amphiglena mediterranea (Leydig, 1851). 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=130869 on 2026-09-06
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. Amphiglena mediterranea (Leydig, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130869 on 2026-09-06
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(of ) Leydig, F. (1851). Anatomische Bemerkungen über Carinaria, Firola und Amphicora. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 3: 325-332, plate IX figs. 4-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14273376
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
taxonomy source Giangrande, Adriana; Putignano, Matteo; Licciano, Margherita; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2021). The Pandora's box: Morphological diversity within the genus <em>Amphiglena</em> Claparède, 1864 (Sabellidae, Annelida) in the Mediterranean Sea, with description of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4949(2): 201-239., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4949.2.1
page(s): 204, figures 2-3; note: description using name as Amphiglena cf. mediterranea, of specimens from Ischia Island, Tyrrhenian Sea [details] Available for editors
additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 130-131 [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 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 [details]
additional source 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
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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): 28-29 [details]
page(s): 328-332, plate IX figs. 6-7 [details]
taxonomy source Giangrande, Adriana; Putignano, Matteo; Licciano, Margherita; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2021). The Pandora's box: Morphological diversity within the genus <em>Amphiglena</em> Claparède, 1864 (Sabellidae, Annelida) in the Mediterranean Sea, with description of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4949(2): 201-239., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4949.2.1
page(s): 204, figures 2-3; note: description using name as Amphiglena cf. mediterranea, of specimens from Ischia Island, Tyrrhenian Sea [details] Available for editors
additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 130-131 [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 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 [details]
additional source 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
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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): 28-29 [details]
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