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Polychaeta name details

Thelepus spectabilis Ehlers, 1897

340136  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340136)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179 [details] 
Note Strait of Magellan - Tierra del Fuego  
Unreviewed
Type locality Strait of Magellan - Tierra del Fuego [details]
Taxonomy Species uncertain  
Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]

Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed  
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus spectabilis Ehlers, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340136 on 2026-05-14
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2023-08-08 22:25:16Z
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original description Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179 [details] 

additional source Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf
page(s): 210-211 [details] 

additional source Gravier, Charles. (1907). Sur les annélides polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique française (Térébelliens, Serpuliens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13(1): 46-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042305
page(s): 48 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 99-100 [details] 

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy 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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Smith, Ralph I. (1997). Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 324-349., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00014
page(s): 328; note: "The true identity of T. spectabilis must remain in doubt until type material is examined" [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Specimen Zoologische Museum, Hamburg [details]

Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]

Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]

Type locality Strait of Magellan - Tierra del Fuego [details]