WoRMS taxon details
Amphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853)
155162 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155162)
accepted
Species
Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Amphitrite nana Claparède, 1870 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Amphitrite stimpsoni Meyer, 1912 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853) · unaccepted > superseded combination (validity as combined in...)
validity as combined in Neoamphitrite is still accepted by some authors
Terebella elongata Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Terebella figulus Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terebella figulus Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 191-197, plate XXVII figs. 1-2, plate XXVIII figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 191-197, plate XXVII figs. 1-2, plate XXVIII figs. 1-2 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Note that Neoamphitrite may not be distinct from Amphitrite, in which case A. figulus would be the correct combination....
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary
Status Note that Neoamphitrite may not be distinct from Amphitrite, in which case A. figulus would be the correct combination. Recent usages (eg Lavesque et al 2025) have preferred to use the A. figulus combination in Amphitrite as valid. However, Newfoundland area material (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago) differ from smaller worms from French coasts across the Atlantic, and the specimens are genetically different but closely related .genetically. [details]
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155162 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866) 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): 377, plate XXI fig. 51 [details]
original description (of Amphitrite nana Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031 [details]
original description (of Amphitrite stimpsoni Meyer, 1912) Meyer, Adolf Hermann. (1912). Die Amphicteniden, Ampharetiden und Terebelliden der Nord- und Ostsee. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der Königlichen Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Heider Anzeiger, Heide.</em> 1-68 pp., available online at http://eprints.uni-kiel.de/id/eprint/37397 [details]
original description (of Terebella figulus Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 191-197, plate XXVII figs. 1-2, plate XXVIII figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Terebella elongata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 363 [details]
page(s): 377, plate XXI fig. 51 [details]
original description (of Amphitrite nana Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031 [details]
original description (of Amphitrite stimpsoni Meyer, 1912) Meyer, Adolf Hermann. (1912). Die Amphicteniden, Ampharetiden und Terebelliden der Nord- und Ostsee. <em>Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der Königlichen Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Heider Anzeiger, Heide.</em> 1-68 pp., available online at http://eprints.uni-kiel.de/id/eprint/37397 [details]
original description (of Terebella figulus Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 191-197, plate XXVII figs. 1-2, plate XXVIII figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Terebella elongata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 363 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 13, figure 4; note: description of specimens from the English Channel [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Pinsivy, Lucas; Daffe, Guillemine; Daramy, Flore; Grosse, Maël; Chauvaud, Laurent; Hutchings, Pat. (2025). A new species of the <em>Thelepus cincinnatus</em> complex from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago (NW Atlantic) and genetic diversity of <em>Amphitrite figulus</em> (Dalyell, 1853) (Annelida, Terebelliformia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5588(2): 250-268., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5588.2.3
page(s): 256, figures 2-3; note: description based on Newfoundland area material (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago) and comparison to smaller worms from French coasts across the Atlantic. The specimens are different but related ...
[details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 13, figure 4; note: description of specimens from the English Channel [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Pinsivy, Lucas; Daffe, Guillemine; Daramy, Flore; Grosse, Maël; Chauvaud, Laurent; Hutchings, Pat. (2025). A new species of the <em>Thelepus cincinnatus</em> complex from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago (NW Atlantic) and genetic diversity of <em>Amphitrite figulus</em> (Dalyell, 1853) (Annelida, Terebelliformia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5588(2): 250-268., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5588.2.3
page(s): 256, figures 2-3; note: description based on Newfoundland area material (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago) and comparison to smaller worms from French coasts across the Atlantic. The specimens are different but related ...
description based on Newfoundland area material (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago) and comparison to smaller worms from French coasts across the Atlantic. The specimens are different but related genetically.
[request]source of synonymy McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Note that Neoamphitrite may not be distinct from Amphitrite, in which case A. figulus would be the correct combination. Recent usages (eg Lavesque et al 2025) have preferred to use the A. figulus combination in Amphitrite as valid. However, Newfoundland area material (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago) differ from smaller worms from French coasts across the Atlantic, and the specimens are genetically different but closely related .genetically. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary [details]Habitat Found in the littoral zone, over sand and mud substrate. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | slijmkokerworm [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | Johnston's ornate worm [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphitrite figulus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoamphitrite figulus) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To PESI (from synonym Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphitrite figulus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neoamphitrite figulus) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To PESI (from synonym Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym