World Polychaeta Database - Chrysopetalum elongatum (Grube, 1856)

Polychaeta taxon details

Chrysopetalum elongatum (Grube, 1856)

AphiaID

332683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332683)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864

Original name

Palmyra elongata Grube, 1856

Synonymised names

Palmyra elongata Grube, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)

Palmyra fragilis Grube in Augener, 1925 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Palmyra elongata Grube, 1856) Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990
page(s): 51-52 [no figures]; note: species only tentatively placed in Palmyra, as 'Palmyra (?) elongata' [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in West Indies

type locality contained in West Indies [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalum elongatum (Grube, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332683 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2026-04-25 15:13:45Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description (of Palmyra fragilis Grube in Augener, 1925) Augener, Hermann. (1925). Über westindische und einige andere Polychaeten-Typen von Grube (Oersted), Krøyer, Mörch und Schmarda. Publikationer fra Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, København. 39: 1-47. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Palmyra elongata Grube, 1856) Grube, A.E. 1856 (pub. 1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A.S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. [Part 1] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn 1856: 44-62., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632990
page(s): 51-52 [no figures]; note: species only tentatively placed in Palmyra, as 'Palmyra (?) elongata' [details]

additional source Perkins, Thomas H. (1985). Chrysopetalum, Bhawania and two new genera of Chrysopetalidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98(4): 856-915., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649145
page(s): 868-869 [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference Augener, Hermann. (1925). Über westindische und einige andere Polychaeten-Typen von Grube (Oersted), Krøyer, Mörch und Schmarda. Publikationer fra Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, København. 39: 1-47.
page(s): 5, 45; note: species discussed and moved to genus Chrysopetalum [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Palmyra fragilis Grube in Augener, 1925)