Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebellomorpha > Family Terebellidae > Subfamily Terebellinae

Amphitrite O.F. Müller, 1771

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphitrite affinis Malmgren, 1866
Amphitrite alcicornis Fauvel, 1909
Amphitrite cirrata (O. F. Müller, 1771 in 1776)
Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren, 1865
Amphitrite rubra (Risso, 1826)
Amphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826)

Literature

original description

Müller, Otto Friedrich. 1771. Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers. 1-200. H. Mumme and Faber. Copenhagen.

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

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

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: pp. 214-231

additional source

Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Amphitrite O.F. Müller, 1771. 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:129686

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-09-20 by Geoffrey Read

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