World Polychaeta Database - Amphiro cristata (Müller, 1776)

Polychaeta name details

Amphiro cristata (Müller, 1776)

AphiaID

871947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:871947)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination in McIntosh, 1922)

Accepted name

Pista cristata (Müller, 1776)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphiro McIntosh, 1922 accepted as Terebella Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Amphitrite cristata O.F. Müller, 1776

Original description

(of Amphitrite cristata O.F. Müller, 1776) 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. 2620 [no figures] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Amphiro cristata (Müller, 1776). Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871947 on 2026-07-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-03-15 20:44:57Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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Sources (2)

original description (of Amphitrite cristata O.F. Müller, 1776) 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. 2620 [no figures] [details]

basis of record McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111
page(s): 158; note: unpublished combination of Montagu in the synonymy of Pista cristata in McIntosh, 1922:158 as "MS. vol. Linn. Soc., pi. xl, fig. 2." [details]