RAMS taxon details
Ampharete Malmgren, 1866
129155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129155)
accepted
Genus
Parampharete Hartman, 1978 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Species Ampharete kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
- Species Ampharete elongata (Ehlers, 1913) accepted as Neosabellides elongatus (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 362-363; note: created for four new species (in order of presentation): Ampharete grubei, A. goesi, A. arctica, A gracilis [details]
page(s): 362-363; note: created for four new species (in order of presentation): Ampharete grubei, A. goesi, A. arctica, A gracilis [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharete Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129155 on 2026-07-26
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Ampharete Malmgren, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129155 on 2026-07-26
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Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 362-363; note: created for four new species (in order of presentation): Ampharete grubei, A. goesi, A. arctica, A gracilis [details]
original description (of Parampharete Hartman, 1978) Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source 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): 95; note: Ampharete genus diagnosis. Ampharete grubei included as a synonym of A. acutifrons (Grube) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Krüger, Lotte; Dietrich, Anna; Bastrop, Ralf; Bick, Andreas. (2022). From synonym to valid species: Redescriptions of Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) and A. cirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887, and brief descriptions of A. baltica Eliason, 1955 and A. grubei Malmgren, 1865 (Annelida: Terebellida: Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5174(4): 357–380., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5174.4.3
note: key to all species of Ampharete from the North Atlantic [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Jirkov, Igor A. (2023). Revision of Ampharete (superspecies finmarchica) (Annelida: Ampharetidae). <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(1): 1-26., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_20/IZ_20_1_001_026
page(s): 3 of 26; note: Ampharete grubei is stated to be the type species of Ampharete [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation 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.
page(s): 482; note: Hartman's checklist has Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) as type species of Ampharete, and this assignment has subsequently repeatedly been cited as the first subsequent designation. However, this ...
[details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Uschakov, P.V. (1955). Mnogoshchetinkovye chervi dal'nevostochnykh morei SSSR. [The Polychaeta from the Far-Eastern Seas of the USSR]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Republik.</em> 56: 1-445.
page(s): 366; note: Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) as type of Ampharete, with A. grubei Malmgren treated as its synonym.However, this is not possible as Amphicteis acutifrons (later in Ampharete) was not originally r...
[details]
page(s): 362-363; note: created for four new species (in order of presentation): Ampharete grubei, A. goesi, A. arctica, A gracilis [details]
original description (of Parampharete Hartman, 1978) Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source 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): 95; note: Ampharete genus diagnosis. Ampharete grubei included as a synonym of A. acutifrons (Grube) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Krüger, Lotte; Dietrich, Anna; Bastrop, Ralf; Bick, Andreas. (2022). From synonym to valid species: Redescriptions of Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) and A. cirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887, and brief descriptions of A. baltica Eliason, 1955 and A. grubei Malmgren, 1865 (Annelida: Terebellida: Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5174(4): 357–380., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5174.4.3
note: key to all species of Ampharete from the North Atlantic [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Jirkov, Igor A. (2023). Revision of Ampharete (superspecies finmarchica) (Annelida: Ampharetidae). <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(1): 1-26., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_20/IZ_20_1_001_026
page(s): 3 of 26; note: Ampharete grubei is stated to be the type species of Ampharete [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation 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.
page(s): 482; note: Hartman's checklist has Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) as type species of Ampharete, and this assignment has subsequently repeatedly been cited as the first subsequent designation. However, this ...
Hartman's checklist has Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) as type species of Ampharete, and this assignment has subsequently repeatedly been cited as the first subsequent designation. However, this name is not a candidate for type species as Amphicteis acutifrons was not originally recorded by Malmgren when he created Ampharete.
subsequent type designation Uschakov, P.V. (1955). Mnogoshchetinkovye chervi dal'nevostochnykh morei SSSR. [The Polychaeta from the Far-Eastern Seas of the USSR]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Republik.</em> 56: 1-445.
page(s): 366; note: Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) as type of Ampharete, with A. grubei Malmgren treated as its synonym.However, this is not possible as Amphicteis acutifrons (later in Ampharete) was not originally r...
Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) as type of Ampharete, with A. grubei Malmgren treated as its synonym.However, this is not possible as Amphicteis acutifrons (later in Ampharete) was not originally recorded by Malmgren when he created Ampharete.
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ampharete)
To Genbank
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To The Arctic Traits Database (19 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To The Arctic Traits Database (19 traits)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
