World Polychaeta Database - Parampharete Hartman, 1978

Polychaeta name details

Parampharete Hartman, 1978

AphiaID

172934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172934)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Ampharete Malmgren, 1866

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Parampharete weddellia Hartman, 1978 accepted as Ampharete weddellia (Hartman, 1978) (type by original designation)

Parent

Ampharetinae Malmgren, 1866

Original name

Parampharete Hartman, 1978

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Species Parampharete weddellia Hartman, 1978 accepted as Ampharete weddellia (Hartman, 1978) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
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Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Parampharete Hartman, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172934 on 2026-04-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-07-13 08:37:11Z

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Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2013-05-10 14:07:10Z

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Reuscher, Michael

2024-04-29 22:00:08Z

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Gil, João

2026-04-12 22:35:35Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy Jirkov, Igor A. (2011). Discussion of taxonomic characters and classification of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta). Italian Journal of Zoology. 78(Supplement 1): 78-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.617216
page(s): 86; note: Jirkov places Parampharete under Ampharete, as conforming to his diagnosis of Ampharete [details] Available for editors

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status source Jirkov, Igor A. (2026). Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) of the Far Eastern Seas. Invertebrate Zoology (Russia). 23(1): 81-99., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_23/IZ_23_1_081_099
page(s): 98; note: Parampharete continued as junior synonym of Ampharete [details] Available for editors

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Grammatical gender Feminine, as Ampharete is a Greek female name. [details]

Synonymy Hartman's (1978) genus description has ambiguous text remarks justifying Parampharete, but she appears to base Parampharete on the presence of 3 rather than 4 pairs of branchiae. This observation is apparently based on branchial scars rather than actual branchiae. Jirkov's (2011) diagnosis of Ampharete does not require consideration of numbers of branchiae. [details]