Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Amphinomida > Family Amphinomidae > Subfamily Amphinominae

Linopherus Quatrefages, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Pseudeurythoe Fauvel, 1932 synonym

Children

Linopherus canariensis Langerhans, 1881
Linopherus hemuli (Fauchald, 1972)
Linopherus paucibranchiata (Fauvel, 1932)

Literature

original description

Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588.

additional source

Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.

additional source

Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.

status source

Borda, Elizabeth; Yáñez-Rivera, Beatriz; Ochoa, Gabriela M.; Kudenov, Jerry D.; Sanchez-Ortiz, Carlos; Schulze, Anja; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Revamping Amphinomidae (Annelida: Amphinomida), with the inclusion of Notopygos. Zoologica Scripta. 44(3): 324-333.

identification resource

Sun, Yue; Li, Xinzheng. (2016). A new species of Linopherus (Annelida, Amphinomidae) from Beibu Gulf, South China Sea. ZooKeys. 640: 37-43.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Linopherus Quatrefages, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129189

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2016-07-29 by João Gil

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