World Polychaeta Database - Bhawania amboinensis Horst, 1917

Polychaeta taxon details

Bhawania amboinensis Horst, 1917

AphiaID

327228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327228)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bhawania Schmarda, 1861

Original name

Bhawania amboinensis Horst, 1917

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Horst, Rutgerus. (1917). Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24[1]b: 45-144, plates XI-XXIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219945
page(s): 138, 1 text-fig. [details]

Type data

Note Indonesia, Amboina

Type locality Indonesia, Amboina [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Bhawania amboinensis Horst, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327228 on 2026-06-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description Horst, Rutgerus. (1917). Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24[1]b: 45-144, plates XI-XXIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219945
page(s): 138, 1 text-fig. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Type locality Indonesia, Amboina [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)