Polychaeta name details
original description
(of Amphicteis japonica McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 431-432, plate XXVIIA figs. 3-5; note: Amphicteis japonica was originally a full species, and was NOT originally described as a subspecies of A. gunneri [details] 
additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801 page(s): 185 [details]
additional source
Kucheruk, N. V. 1976. [Polychaetous annelids of the family Ampharetidae from deep-water part of Alaska Bay]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR 99: 91-101. page(s): 94-95 [details]
new combination reference
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 page(s): 117; note: rank downgraded to subspecies of Amphicteis gunneri [details] 
status source
Schiaparelli, S.; Jirkov, I. A. (2016). A reassessment of the genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) with the description of Amphicteis teresae sp. nov. from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 83(4): 531-542., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250003.2016.1259359 page(s): 539; note: Amphicteis japonica again regarded as valid species [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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