MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Abarenicola Wells, 1959

ERMS taxon details

Abarenicola Wells, 1959

AphiaID

129205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129205)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835

Original name

Abarenicola Wells, 1959

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Species Abarenicola claparedi (Levinsen, 1884)
Species Abarenicola pusilla (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Abarenicola claparedei [auct. misspelling] accepted as Abarenicola claparedi (Levinsen, 1884) (misspelling in Bellan (2001))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Wells, G. P. (1959). The genera of Arenicolidae (Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 133(2): 301-314., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1959.tb05564.x [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Abarenicola Wells, 1959. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129205 on 2026-09-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Abarenicola Wells, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129205 on 2026-09-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2005-11-04 07:39:59Z

changed

Arvanitidis, Christos

2005-11-04 07:47:35Z

changed

Arvanitidis, Christos

2006-07-04 14:44:59Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2025-08-13 04:54:48Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Wells, G. P. (1959). The genera of Arenicolidae (Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 133(2): 301-314., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1959.tb05564.x [details]

taxonomy source Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01858.x
note: includes Wells' suggestion that statocysts could be used to distinguish two groups of Abarenicola, with (only in S Hemisphere forms) and without statocysts [details] Available for editors

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in RoR)
note: checklist listing [details]

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