WoRMS name details
Ammotrypane scaphigera Ehlers, 1900
173889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173889)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843
Ammotrypane scaphigera Ehlers, 1901 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1900). Magellanischen Anneliden gesammelt während der schwedischen Expedition nach den Magellansländern. <em>Nachrichten der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1900(2): 206-223., available online at http://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/dms/img/?PID=GDZPPN002498812
page(s): 218 [details]
page(s): 218 [details]
Type locality contained in Magellan Strait
, Note Straits of Magellan, "Lagatoaia" (= probably...
type locality contained in Magellan Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Straits of Magellan, "Lagatoaia" (= probably Lapataia Bay, near Ushuaia, Argentina) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -54.858º, long. -68.543º), 10 fathoms (18.288 m), sediment with few algae. [details]
Depth range 10 fathoms (18.288 m).
Distribution Straits of Magellan.
Etymology Not stated by Ehlers. The specific epithet scaphigera means 'bearing a little boat', and refers probably to the shape of...
Taxonomy Considered distinct
Depth range 10 fathoms (18.288 m). [details]
Distribution Straits of Magellan.
Distribution Straits of Magellan. [details]
Etymology Not stated by Ehlers. The specific epithet scaphigera means 'bearing a little boat', and refers probably to the shape of...
Etymology Not stated by Ehlers. The specific epithet scaphigera means 'bearing a little boat', and refers probably to the shape of the anal funnel. [details]
Taxonomy Considered distinct
Taxonomy Considered distinct [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ammotrypane scaphigera Ehlers, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173889 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. (1900). Magellanischen Anneliden gesammelt während der schwedischen Expedition nach den Magellansländern. <em>Nachrichten der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1900(2): 206-223., available online at http://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/dms/img/?PID=GDZPPN002498812
page(s): 218 [details]
basis of record 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
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new combination reference Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 218 [details]
basis of record 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
[request]new combination reference Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf
page(s): 172-173, plate XXII figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 172-173, plate XXII figs. 1-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 10 fathoms (18.288 m). [details]Distribution Straits of Magellan. [details]
Etymology Not stated by Ehlers. The specific epithet scaphigera means 'bearing a little boat', and refers probably to the shape of the anal funnel. [details]
Habitat Sediment with few algae ("Thon mit wenig algen"), at about 20 m. [details]
Type locality Straits of Magellan, "Lagatoaia" (= probably Lapataia Bay, near Ushuaia, Argentina) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -54.858º, long. -68.543º), 10 fathoms (18.288 m), sediment with few algae. [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Considered distinct [details]
