RAS taxon details
Orbiniella Day, 1954
173951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173951)
accepted
Genus
- Species Orbiniella uniformis Hartman, 1967
- Species Orbiniella drakei Hartman, 1967 accepted as Leitoscoloplos drakei (Hartman, 1967) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J.H. (1954). The Polychaeta of Tristan da Cunha. <em>Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938.</em> 29: 1-35. [details] Available for editors 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Orbiniella Day, 1954. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173951 on 2025-07-07
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Orbiniella Day, 1954. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173951 on 2025-07-07
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Day, J.H. (1954). The Polychaeta of Tristan da Cunha. <em>Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938.</em> 29: 1-35. [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/
page(s): 192, figure 20; note: Record for Orbiniella, AM W.52198, AM W.52200 etc, specimens from Whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m. ...
[details] Available for editors
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Moreira, Juan; Helgason, Gudmundur Vidir. (2015). First record of genus <em>Orbiniella </em>Day, 1954 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) in North Atlantic Ocean with the description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4006(2): 330-346., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.5
page(s): 344; note: table and world species key [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/
page(s): 192, figure 20; note: Record for Orbiniella, AM W.52198, AM W.52200 etc, specimens from Whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m. ...
Record for Orbiniella, AM W.52198, AM W.52200 etc, specimens from Whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m. Different specimens from the same sample were named as Orbiniella jamesi and have the same molecular signature but slightly different morphology.
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Moreira, Juan; Helgason, Gudmundur Vidir. (2015). First record of genus <em>Orbiniella </em>Day, 1954 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) in North Atlantic Ocean with the description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4006(2): 330-346., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.5
page(s): 344; note: table and world species key [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
