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Polychaeta name details

Amphitrite pennacea Müller, 1776

326402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326402)

uncertain > nomen dubium (unused, indeterminable)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 216, no. 2618 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Danish Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Denmark  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Denmark [details]
Taxonomy Probably indeterminable as the name seems to have no modern records. Müller gives a five word description of "penicillis...  
Taxonomy Probably indeterminable as the name seems to have no modern records. Müller gives a five word description of "penicillis frontis quatuor ; intermediis majoribus". Hartman catalogue incorrectly places the name as a nomen nudum and incorrectly attributes the authority to Bosc (a subsequent usage) rather than to Müller [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Amphitrite pennacea Müller, 1776. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326402 on 2026-07-22
Date
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2016-01-31 21:55:24Z
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original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 216, no. 2618 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication

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.
page(s): 498; note: incorrectly records as authored by Bosc (1802) as a nomen nudum [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bosc, L. A. G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers: contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 171 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Probably indeterminable as the name seems to have no modern records. Müller gives a five word description of "penicillis frontis quatuor ; intermediis majoribus". Hartman catalogue incorrectly places the name as a nomen nudum and incorrectly attributes the authority to Bosc (a subsequent usage) rather than to Müller [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Denmark [details]