North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

ERMS taxon details

Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855)

AphiaID

129785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129785)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphicteis Grube, 1850

Original name

Crossostoma midas Gosse, 1855

Synonymised names

Crossostoma midas Gosse, 1855 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Crossostoma midas Gosse, 1855) Gosse, Philip Henry 1855. Notes on some new or little known marine animals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 2) 16:27-35, 305-312 (annelids 31-35, 308-312)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263862
page(s): 310-312, plate VIII figs. 7-12 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129785 on 2025-04-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129785 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

Licensing

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original description (of Crossostoma midas Gosse, 1855) Gosse, Philip Henry 1855. Notes on some new or little known marine animals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 2) 16:27-35, 305-312 (annelids 31-35, 308-312)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263862
page(s): 310-312, plate VIII figs. 7-12 [details]

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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. (look up in RoR) [details]

new combination reference Hartley, J. P. 1985. The re-establishment of Amphicteis midas (Gosse, 1855) and redescription of the type material of A. gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae). Sarsia 70: 309-315. [details]