Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Chrysopetalidae > Subfamily Calamyzinae > Genus Calamyzas

Calamyzas amphictenicola Arwidsson, 1932

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

note: Calamyzas amphictenicola is a parasite that was originally placed as a syllid or later as Calamyzinae subfamily in Syllidae by Hartmann-Schröder (1971). Subsequently Hartmann-Schröder (1996) used Calamyzidae as a separate family. Classification in

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calamyzas*	Arwidsson, 1932	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Arwidsson, Ivar. (1933). Calamyzas amphictenicola, ein ektoparasitischer Verwandter der Sylliden. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 14: 153-218.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Calamyzas amphictenicola Arwidsson, 1932. 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:129873