Autolytus emertoni Verrill, 1881

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

note: The taxonomic position of this species within Autolytinae is ambiguous; thus, even tough the name Autolytus is considered a junior synonim of Myrianida, Nygren (2004) avoided to place it within one of the accepted genera retaining the traditional nomencla

Relationships towards this taxon

Species group names

*Autolytus groenlandicus*	Wesenberg-Lund, 1947	synonym

Literature

original description	Verrill, A.E. 1881. Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part 2. Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc. collected by the United States Fish Commission. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 22: 356-405.
basis of record	Nygren, Arne (2004) Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa, 680: 1-314
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Autolytus emertoni Verrill, 1881. 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:157225