RAS taxon details
Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921
172864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172864)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 102-105, plate 10 figs. 124-132 [details]
page(s): 102-105, plate 10 figs. 124-132 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172864 on 2026-09-22
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172864 on 2026-09-22
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original description
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 102-105, plate 10 figs. 124-132 [details]
taxonomy source Carrerette, Orlemir; Petti, Monica A. V.; Kim, Dong-U.; Bromberg, Sandra; Bergamo, Gilberto; Sumida, Paulo Y. G.; Ahn, In-Young;. (2023). Historical review and contribution to the knowledge of Amythas membranifera (Ampharetidae): an integrative perspective of an Antarctic polychaete. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 46(12): 1287-1305., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-023-03202-z
page(s): 1292, figures 4-9; note: description of specimens from Marian Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. Holotype specimen not examined. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Schiaparelli, Stefano; Jirkov, Igor A. (2021). Contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of Ampharetidae (Annelida) from Antarctica with the description of Amage giacomobovei sp. nov. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 733(1): 125–145., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1227
page(s): 135-138, figures 4A-G, 5A–E, J–L; note: description and figures, for new records from Terra Nova Bay [details] Available for editors
page(s): 102-105, plate 10 figs. 124-132 [details]
taxonomy source Carrerette, Orlemir; Petti, Monica A. V.; Kim, Dong-U.; Bromberg, Sandra; Bergamo, Gilberto; Sumida, Paulo Y. G.; Ahn, In-Young;. (2023). Historical review and contribution to the knowledge of Amythas membranifera (Ampharetidae): an integrative perspective of an Antarctic polychaete. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 46(12): 1287-1305., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-023-03202-z
page(s): 1292, figures 4-9; note: description of specimens from Marian Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. Holotype specimen not examined. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Schiaparelli, Stefano; Jirkov, Igor A. (2021). Contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of Ampharetidae (Annelida) from Antarctica with the description of Amage giacomobovei sp. nov. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 733(1): 125–145., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1227
page(s): 135-138, figures 4A-G, 5A–E, J–L; note: description and figures, for new records from Terra Nova Bay [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
