Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Myxicolinae > Tribe Myxicolini

Amphicorina Claparède, 1864

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oriopsis*	Caullery & Mesnil, 1896	generic synonym
*Oria*	Quatrefages, 1866	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Oridia*	Rioja, 1917	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Fabricia (Amphicorina)*	Claparède, 1864	synonym

Children

Amphicorina alata (Ehlers, 1897)
Amphicorina armandi (Claparède, 1864)
Amphicorina brevicollaris (Rouse, 1990)
Amphicorina eimeri (Langerhans, 1880)
Amphicorina hynensis (Knight-Jones, 1983)
Amphicorina pectinata (Banse, 1957)
Amphicorina persinosa (Ben-Eliahu, 1975)

Literature

additional source	Yoshihara, Taiki; Hiruta, Shimpei F.; Katoh, Toru; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2012). Three species of Amphicorina (Annelida, Sabellida, Sabellidae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys. 187: 45-62.
additional source	Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19.
status source	Rouse, Greg W. (1994). New species of Oriopsis Caullery and Mesnil from Florida, Belize, and Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles), and a new species of Amphiglena Claparède from Seychelles (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae). Bulletin of Marine Science. 54(1): 180-202.
taxonomy source	Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19.
taxonomy source	Tilic, Ekin; Sayyari, Erfan; Stiller, Josefin; Mirarab, Siavash; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More is needed—Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the 'flowers of the sea' (Sabellida, Annelida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 151: 106892: 1-9.
identification resource	Giangrande, Adriano; Montanaro, Paola; Castelli, Alberto. (1999). On some Amphicorina (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) species from the Mediterranean coast, with the description of A. grahamensis. Italian Journal of Zoology. 66(2): 195-203.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicorina Claparède, 1864. 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:154923