World Polychaeta Database - Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866

Polychaeta taxon details

Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866

AphiaID

129359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129359)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906

Original name

Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866

Synonymised names

Nicomachella Levinsen, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

Direct children (16)

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Species Petaloproctus borealis Arwidsson, 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 crenatus Chamberlin, 1919 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fragment)
Species Petaloproctus crosnieri Rullier, 1964 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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 junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)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)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. 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]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129359 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bellan, Gérard

2005-04-08 15:26:39Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-03-03 06:51:11Z

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Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2012-11-12 23:08:36Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2021-12-23 08:58:39Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2025-06-24 23:18:14Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. 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. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 140, 141-142 [details]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
page(s): 113-114 [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

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