RAMS taxon details
Amphitrite kerguelensis McIntosh, 1876
326393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326393)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Annelida from Kerguelen's Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4.</em> 17(100): 318-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16011576
page(s): 321 [no figures]; note: original spelling as 'kerguelenensis' [details]
page(s): 321 [no figures]; note: original spelling as 'kerguelenensis' [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphitrite kerguelensis McIntosh, 1876. 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=326393 on 2026-08-17
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Amphitrite kerguelensis McIntosh, 1876. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326393 on 2026-08-17
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original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Annelida from Kerguelen's Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4.</em> 17(100): 318-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16011576
page(s): 321 [no figures]; note: original spelling as 'kerguelenensis' [details]
additional source 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): 443-444, plate XLVIII fig. 7, plate XLIX fig. 1 [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): 189 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 177 [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1879). Marine Annelida. <i>In</i>: Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Günther, Albert (Eds.). An Account of the Petrological, Botanical and Zoological Collections Made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez During the Transit of Venus Expeditions, Carried Out by the Order of Her Majesty's Government in the Years 1874-75. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 168: 258-263, plate XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850565
page(s): 260-261, plate XV fig. 13; note: spelling as 'kerguelenensis' [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 130 [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): 208 [details]
additional source Gravier, C. 1911. Annélides polychètes recueillis par la Seconde Expéditon Antarctique Française (1908-1910). Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot, 1: 1-165, 12 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12005
page(s): 129 [details]
additional 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): 186-187 [details]
page(s): 321 [no figures]; note: original spelling as 'kerguelenensis' [details]
additional source 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): 443-444, plate XLVIII fig. 7, plate XLIX fig. 1 [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): 189 [details]
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 177 [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1879). Marine Annelida. <i>In</i>: Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Günther, Albert (Eds.). An Account of the Petrological, Botanical and Zoological Collections Made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez During the Transit of Venus Expeditions, Carried Out by the Order of Her Majesty's Government in the Years 1874-75. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 168: 258-263, plate XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850565
page(s): 260-261, plate XV fig. 13; note: spelling as 'kerguelenensis' [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 130 [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): 208 [details]
additional source Gravier, C. 1911. Annélides polychètes recueillis par la Seconde Expéditon Antarctique Française (1908-1910). Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot, 1: 1-165, 12 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12005
page(s): 129 [details]
additional 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): 186-187 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphitrite kerguelensis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Amphitrite kerguelensis McIntosh, 1876; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3537844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphitrite kerguelensis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Amphitrite kerguelensis McIntosh, 1876; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3537844)
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