Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Poecilochaetidae > Genus Poecilochaetus

Poecilochaetus fulgoris Claparède in Ehlers, 1875

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Poecilochaetus*	Claparède in Ehlers, 1875	accepted genus name
*Elicodasia*	Laubier & Ramos, 1973	synonym

Literature

original description	Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 25: 1-102, plates I-IV.
basis of record	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	Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 28: 1-384.
additional source	Allen, Edgar Johnson. (1904). The anatomy of Poecilochaetus, Claparède. The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London. New Series. 48(189): 79-151, plates 7-12.
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.
additional source	Pilato, Giovanni; Cantone, Grazia. (1976). Nuove specie di Poecilochaetus e considerazioni sulla famiglia dei Poecilochaetidae (Annelida, Polychaeta). Animalia. 3(1/3): 29-63, 1 unnumbered foldout page [with table 2].

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Poecilochaetus fulgoris Claparède in Ehlers, 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:130710