RAS taxon details
Amphicorina Claparède, 1864
154923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154923)
accepted
Genus
Oriopsis Caullery & Mesnil, 1896 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphicorina alata (Ehlers, 1897)
- Species Amphicorina kocki (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989)
- Species Amphicorina limbata (Ehlers, 1897)
- Species Amphicorina longipyge (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989)
- Species Amphicorina magna (Banse, 1957)
- Species Amphicorina pectinata (Banse, 1957)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 501 [belated introduction of subgenus Amphicorina for nsp Fabricia armandi] [details]
page(s): 501 [belated introduction of subgenus Amphicorina for nsp Fabricia armandi] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphicorina Claparède, 1864. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154923 on 2026-08-12
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Amphicorina Claparède, 1864. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154923 on 2026-08-12
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original description
(of Oriopsis Caullery & Mesnil, 1896) Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Félix. (1896). Note sur deux Serpuliens nouveaux (<i>Oriopsis metchnikowi</i> n.g., n.sp. et <i>Josephella marenzelleri</i> n.g., n. sp.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 19(519): 482-486., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9901116
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of ) Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 501 [belated introduction of subgenus Amphicorina for nsp Fabricia armandi] [details]
taxonomy source Tilic, Ekin; Sayyari, Erfan; Stiller, Josefin; Mirarab, Siavash; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More is needed—Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the 'flowers of the sea' (Sabellida, Annelida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 151: 106892: 1-9., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320301640
page(s): 7 of 9; note: Moved to a new classification in tribe Myxicolini of subfamily Myxicolinae [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434497
page(s): 29; note: see Rouse (1994: 501) for explanation [details]
additional source Yoshihara, Taiki; Hiruta, Shimpei F.; Katoh, Toru; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2012). Three species of <i>Amphicorina</i> (Annelida, Sabellida, Sabellidae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 187: 45-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.187.2662 [details] Available for editors
additional source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434497
page(s): 29, 41 as Amphicorine [details]
status source Rouse, Greg W. (1994). New species of <i>Oriopsis</i> Caullery and Mesnil from Florida, Belize, and Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles), and a new species of <i>Amphiglena</i> Claparède from Seychelles (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 54(1): 180-202., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1994/00000054/00000001/art00014
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Giangrande, Adriano; Montanaro, Paola; Castelli, Alberto. (1999). On some <i>Amphicorina</i> (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) species from the Mediterranean coast, with the description of <i>A. grahamensis</i>. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 66(2): 195-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250009909356255 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of ) Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 501 [belated introduction of subgenus Amphicorina for nsp Fabricia armandi] [details]
taxonomy source Tilic, Ekin; Sayyari, Erfan; Stiller, Josefin; Mirarab, Siavash; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More is needed—Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the 'flowers of the sea' (Sabellida, Annelida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 151: 106892: 1-9., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320301640
page(s): 7 of 9; note: Moved to a new classification in tribe Myxicolini of subfamily Myxicolinae [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434497
page(s): 29; note: see Rouse (1994: 501) for explanation [details]
additional source Yoshihara, Taiki; Hiruta, Shimpei F.; Katoh, Toru; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2012). Three species of <i>Amphicorina</i> (Annelida, Sabellida, Sabellidae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 187: 45-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.187.2662 [details] Available for editors
additional source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieures de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur les organes des sens des annélides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> Série 3, 13: 25-41, plate 2 figs. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434497
page(s): 29, 41 as Amphicorine [details]
status source Rouse, Greg W. (1994). New species of <i>Oriopsis</i> Caullery and Mesnil from Florida, Belize, and Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles), and a new species of <i>Amphiglena</i> Claparède from Seychelles (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 54(1): 180-202., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1994/00000054/00000001/art00014
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Giangrande, Adriano; Montanaro, Paola; Castelli, Alberto. (1999). On some <i>Amphicorina</i> (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) species from the Mediterranean coast, with the description of <i>A. grahamensis</i>. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 66(2): 195-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250009909356255 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
