North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

MSBIAS taxon details

Ampharetinae Malmgren, 1866

AphiaID

152252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152252)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1866

Direct children (21)

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Genus Alkmaria Horst, 1919
Tribe Ampharetini Holthe, 1986
1. Genus Ampharete Malmgren, 1866
2. Genus Asabellides Annenkova, 1929 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
3. Genus Sabellides Milne Edwards in Lamarck, 1838 accepted as Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Genus Amphicteis Grube, 1850
Genus Amythasides Eliason, 1955
Genus Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884
Genus Auchenoplax Ehlers, 1887
Genus Eclysippe Eliason, 1955
Genus Glyphanostomum Levinsen, 1884
Genus Lysippe Malmgren, 1866
Genus Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978
Genus Samytha Malmgren, 1866
Genus Samythella Verrill, 1873
Genus Sosane Malmgren, 1866
Genus Lysippides Hessle, 1917 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Genus Mugga Eliason, 1955 accepted as Sosane Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Genus Parhypania Annenkova, 1928 accepted as Hypania Ostroumoff, 1897 (subjective synonym)
Genus Pterolysippe Augener, 1918 accepted as Lysippe Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Genus Sosanopsis Hessle, 1917 accepted as Sosane Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharetinae Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152252 on 2025-04-22

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Ampharetinae Malmgren, 1866. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152252 on 2025-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-08 14:15:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2014-05-23 20:44:34Z

changed

Reuscher, Michael

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record 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 IMIS) [details] Available for editors