WoRMS taxon details
Autolytus simplex Ehlers, 1900
174835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174835)
accepted
Species
Autolytus Grube, 1850 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Horn
, Note South America, southern tip
type locality contained in Cape Horn [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality South America, southern tip [details]
Distribution This is a Sub-Antarctic species (Strait of Magellan) not recorded in the European waters
Taxonomy Since this species belongs to Myrianida incertae sedis, the original generic name Autolytus (now synonym of Myrianida) is...
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Autolytus cf. simplex
Distribution This is a Sub-Antarctic species (Strait of Magellan) not recorded in the European waters [details]
Taxonomy Since this species belongs to Myrianida incertae sedis, the original generic name Autolytus (now synonym of Myrianida) is...
Taxonomy Since this species belongs to Myrianida incertae sedis, the original generic name Autolytus (now synonym of Myrianida) is still used to indicate it [details]
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Autolytus cf. simplex
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Autolytus cf. simplex [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus simplex Ehlers, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174835 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution This is a Sub-Antarctic species (Strait of Magellan) not recorded in the European waters [details]Taxonomy Since this species belongs to Myrianida incertae sedis, the original generic name Autolytus (now synonym of Myrianida) is still used to indicate it [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Autolytus cf. simplex [details]Type locality South America, southern tip [details]
