Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Syllidae > Subfamily Autolytinae > Tribe Procerini > Genus Virchowia

Virchowia clavata Langerhans, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Virchowia*	Langerhans, 1879	accepted genus name
*Autosyllis*	Imajima & Hartman, 1964	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Umbellisyllys clavata*	(Langerhans, 1879)	orthographic variant
*Umbellisyllis clavata*	(Langerhans, 1879)	synonym
*Umbellisyllys clavata*	(Langerhans, 1879)	synonym

Literature

original description	Langerhans, Paul (1879) Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 32(4): 513-592.
basis of record	Musco, L.; Giangrande, A. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 304: 143-153
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Çinar, Melih Ertan & Gambi, Maria Cristina 2005. Cognetti’s syllid collection (Polychaeta: Syllidae) deposited at the Museum of the Stazione Zoologica ‘‘Anton Dohrn’’ (Naples, Italy), with descriptions of two new species of Autolytus. Journal of Natural History 39(10): 725-762
additional source	Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628 pp.
redescription	San Martín G (2003) Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, p 1-554
redescription	Nygren, Arne (2004) Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa, 680: 1-314

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Virchowia clavata Langerhans, 1879. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155403