Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Hesionidae > Subfamily Ophiodrominae > Tribe Amphidurini > Genus Amphiduros

Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphiduros*	Hartman, 1959	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Oxydromus fuscescens*	Marenzeller, 1875	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ナンカイオトヒメゴカイ

Literature

additional source	Núñez, J.; Pascual, M.; Moro, L. (1997). Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller 1875): a hesionid polychaete new for the Atlantic Ocean. Avicennia. 6(7): 15-20.
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.
redescription	Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. National Science Museum Monographs. 23: 1-221.
redescription	Pleijel, F. (2001). Revision of Amphiduros Hartman, 1959 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae, Gyptini). Ophelia. 54(1): 15-27.
taxonomy source	Martin, Daniel; Romano, Chiara. (2021). Morphology and sexual dimorphism of living mature adults of Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (Annelida, Hesionidae, Amphidurine), first reported for the Iberian Peninsula. Biodiversity Data Journal. 9: e66020: 1-13.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875). 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:130148