RAMS taxon details
Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 1887
129249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129249)
accepted
Genus
- Species Tharyx annulosus Hartman, 1965 accepted as Kirkegaardia annulosa (Hartman, 1965) (superseded original combination)
- Species Tharyx cincinnatus (Ehlers, 1908) accepted as Aphelochaeta cincinnata (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Tharyx epitoca Monro, 1930 accepted as Chaetocirratulus epitocus (Monro, 1930) (superseded original combination)
- Species Tharyx fusiformis Monro, 1939 accepted as Chaetocirratulus andersenensis (Augener, 1932) (subjective synonym)
- Species Tharyx marioni (Saint-Joseph, 1894) accepted as Aphelochaeta marioni (Saint-Joseph, 1894) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 741-742; note: There is no comment on etymology or type species (Tharyx acutus & T. similis named) [details]
page(s): 741-742; note: There is no comment on etymology or type species (Tharyx acutus & T. similis named) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129249 on 2025-07-01
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129249 on 2025-07-01
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original description
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 741-742; note: There is no comment on etymology or type species (Tharyx acutus & T. similis named) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
identification resource Blake, James A.; Göransson, Peter. (2015). Redescription of <em>Tharyx</em> <em>killariensis</em> (Southern) from Ireland and description of two new species of <em>Tharyx</em> from the Kattegat, Sweden (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4039(4): 501-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.1
note: Table of all species [details] Available for editors
page(s): 741-742; note: There is no comment on etymology or type species (Tharyx acutus & T. similis named) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
identification resource Blake, James A.; Göransson, Peter. (2015). Redescription of <em>Tharyx</em> <em>killariensis</em> (Southern) from Ireland and description of two new species of <em>Tharyx</em> from the Kattegat, Sweden (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4039(4): 501-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.1
note: Table of all species [details] Available for editors
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