Polychaeta taxon details
original description
(of Amphicteis gunneri atlantica 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): 429, plate XXVIA figs. 26-29; note: originally described as Amphicteis gunneri var atlantica [details] 
new combination reference
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: raised to full species status from being a subspecies of Amphicteis gunneri [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Schiaparelli & Jirkov (2016: 539) raise A. atlantica to full species status, stating that: "For both A. gunneri atlantica and A. gunneri japonica, the comparison of the holotypes of the two subspecies with topotypes of A. gunneri (Figure 7), and with the redescription of the type specimen of A. gunneri gunneri (conserved at the Zoologisk Museum, Oslo) made by Hartley (1985), shows differences in the shape of prostomium and paleal chaetae that are great enough to accept them as distinct species." [details]
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