WoRMS taxon details
Aglaophamus macroura (Schmarda, 1861)
173673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173673)
accepted
Species
Nephthys macroura Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nephtys (Aglaophamus) macroura Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent...)
superseded subsequent combination, using current genus as subgenus
Nephtys macroura Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent...)
superseded subsequent combination, genus spelling corrected
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nephthys macroura Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Etymology Not stated but 'macroura' means 'long tailed' from Greek macro- (long), and -oura (tail). It is not obvious what Schmarda...
Etymology Not stated but 'macroura' means 'long tailed' from Greek macro- (long), and -oura (tail). It is not obvious what Schmarda was referring to as distinct from the appearance of other Aglaophamus species, but an A. macroura can be a large worm [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aglaophamus macroura (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173673 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Nephthys macroura Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
page(s): 91, 4 text-figs.; note: Auckland, New Zealand, in sand [details]
Other
additional source
Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated but 'macroura' means 'long tailed' from Greek macro- (long), and -oura (tail). It is not obvious what Schmarda was referring to as distinct from the appearance of other Aglaophamus species, but an A. macroura can be a large worm [details]
