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

Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphinome*	Bruguière, 1789	accepted genus name
*Pleione*	Lamarck, 1818	generic synonym

Species group names

*Aphrodita rostrata*	Pallas, 1766	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ササラウミケムシ

Literature

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Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766). 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:129825