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Ampharete Malmgren 1866

Description

Ampharete Malmgren, 1866

Type species: Amphicteis acutifrons Grube, 1860

Branchiosabella Claparède, 1863

Sabellides Milne-Edwards in Malmgren, 1866 Heterobranchus Wagner, 1885

Pterampharete Augener, 1918

Asabellides Annenkova, 1929

Pseudosabellides Berkeley & Berkeley, 1943 Parampharete Hartman, 1978

Generic diagnosis. Prostomium with middle lobe delimited by incision, without glandular ridges. Buccal tentacles pinnate. 4, or exceptionally 3, pairs of cirriform, or exceptionally pinnate, branchiae, all arising from fused segments II + III. Notochaetae in fused segments II + III absent or present in varying size from enlarged to regular notochaetae size. 11 or 12 thoracic uncinigers. Notopodial cirri absent. Elevated or modified notopodia absent. 2 intermediate segments. Glandular pads above neuropodia in intermediate and abdominal segments usually present. 1 pair of dorsal nephridial papillae in segment IV.

Notes

Published as part of Imajima, Minoru, Reuscher, Michael G. & Fiege, Dieter, 2012, Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part I: The genus Ampharete Malmgren, 1866, along with a discussion of several taxonomic characters of the family and the introduction of a new identification tool, pp. 75-88 in Zootaxa 3490 on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282430

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Biodiversity

Family
Ampharetidae
Genus
Ampharete
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Terebellida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Malmgren
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 sec. Imajima, Reuscher & Fiege, 2012

References

  • Malmgren, A. J. (1866) Nordiska Hafs-annulater. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 5, 355 - 410.
  • Grube, A. - E. (1860) Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 26, 71 - 118.
  • Claparede, E. (1863) Beobachtungen uber Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere an der Kuste von Normandie angestellt. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 119 pp.
  • Wagner, N. (1885) Die Wirbellosen des Weissen Meeres. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 168 pp.
  • Augener, H. (1918) Polychaeta. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas, 2 (2), 67 - 625.
  • Annenkova, N. (1929) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Polychaeten-Fauna der USSR. I. Fam. Pectinariidae Quatrefages (Amphictenidae Malmgren) und Ampharetidae Malmgren. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie des Sciences de l'URSS, 30 (3), 477 - 502.
  • Berkeley, E. & Berkeley, C. (1943) Biological and oceanographical conditions in Hudson Bay. II. Polychaeta from Hudson Bay. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 6 (2): 129 - 132.
  • Hartman, O. (1978) Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea Quadrant, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 26 (4), 125 - 223.