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Polycirrus Grube, 1850

1423680 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1423680)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Terebellida (Order)
  6. Polycirridae (Family)
  7. Polycirrus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Polycirridae
Anisocirrus Gravier, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphlebina Claparède, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Apneuma Quatrefages, 1865 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Apneumea Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Cyaxares Kinberg, 1867 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Dejoces Kinberg, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Ereutho Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Leucariste Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Litancyra Hutchings, 1977 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)
Torquea Leidy, 1855 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Polycirrus abrolhensis Garraffoni & Costa, 2003
  2. Species Polycirrus albicans Grube, 1850
  3. Species Polycirrus albicans (Malmgren, 1866)
  4. Species Polycirrus antarcticus (Willey, 1902)
  5. Species Polycirrus aquila Caullery, 1944
  6. Species Polycirrus arcticus Sars, 1865
  7. Species Polycirrus arenivorus (Caullery, 1915)
  8. Species Polycirrus aurantiacus Grube, 1860
  9. Species Polycirrus bicrinalis Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  10. Species Polycirrus boholensis Grube, 1878
  11. Species Polycirrus broomensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
  12. Species Polycirrus caliendrum Claparède, 1869
  13. Species Polycirrus californicus Moore, 1909
  14. Species Polycirrus carolinensis Day, 1973
  15. Species Polycirrus chilensis Schmarda, 1861
  16. Species Polycirrus clavatus (Kinberg, 1866)
  17. Species Polycirrus coccineus (Grube, 1870)
  18. Species Polycirrus corallicola Verrill, 1900
  19. Species Polycirrus decipiens (Gravier, 1905)
  20. Species Polycirrus denticulatus Saint-Joseph, 1894
  21. Species Polycirrus disjunctus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  22. Species Polycirrus dodeka Hutchings, 1990
  23. Species Polycirrus eous Annenkova-Chlopina, 1924
  24. Species Polycirrus eximius (Leidy, 1855)
  25. Species Polycirrus fedorovi Jirkov & Leontovich in Jirkov, 2001
  26. Species Polycirrus glaucus Hutchings, 1993
  27. Species Polycirrus haematodes (Claparède, 1864)
  28. Species Polycirrus hamiltoni Benham, 1921
  29. Species Polycirrus hesslei Monro, 1930
  30. Species Polycirrus holthei Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005
  31. Species Polycirrus insignis Gravier, 1907
  32. Species Polycirrus jubatus Bobretzky, 1869 in Annenkova-Chlopina, 1924
  33. Species Polycirrus jubatus Bobretzky, 1869
  34. Species Polycirrus kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
  35. Species Polycirrus latidens Eliason, 1962
  36. Species Polycirrus medius Hessle, 1917
  37. Species Polycirrus medusa Grube, 1850
  38. Species Polycirrus mexicanus (Rioja, 1947)
  39. Species Polycirrus multisetigerus Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  40. Species Polycirrus multus Hutchings, 1990
  41. Species Polycirrus nephrosus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  42. Species Polycirrus nervosus Marenzeller, 1884
  43. Species Polycirrus norvegica Wollebæk, 1912
  44. Species Polycirrus norvegicus Wollebaek, 1912
  45. Species Polycirrus octoseta (Hutchings, 1977)
  46. Species Polycirrus paivai Garraffoni & Costa, 2003
  47. Species Polycirrus pallidus (Claparède, 1864)
  48. Species Polycirrus parvus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  49. Species Polycirrus paucidens Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  50. Species Polycirrus pellucidus (Quatrefages, 1866)
  51. Species Polycirrus pennulifera Verrill, 1900
  52. Species Polycirrus phosphoreus Verrill, 1880
  53. Species Polycirrus plumosus (Wollebaek, 1912)
  54. Species Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971
  55. Species Polycirrus pumilis Hartmann-Schröder, 1990
  56. Species Polycirrus pumilus Hartmann-Schröder, 1990
  57. Species Polycirrus purpureus Schmarda, 1861
  58. Species Polycirrus quadratus Hutchings, 1990
  59. Species Polycirrus rosea Hutchings & Murray, 1984
  60. Species Polycirrus swakopianus Augener, 1918
  61. Species Polycirrus tenuisetis Langerhans, 1881
  62. Species Polycirrus tesselatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  63. Species Polycirrus triglandula Langerhans, 1881
  64. Species Polycirrus twisti Potts, 1928
  65. Species Polycirrus variabilis Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
  66. Species Polycirrus elisabethae McIntosh, 1915 accepted as Polycirrus norvegicus Wollebaek, 1912
  67. Species Polycirrus luminosus Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polycirrus purpureus Schmarda, 1861
  68. Species Polycirrus norvegicius (Wollebaek, 1912) accepted as Polycirrus norvegicus Wollebaek, 1912
  69. Species Polycirrus perplexus Moore, 1923 accepted as Polycirrus californicus Moore, 1909
  70. Species Polycirrus tribullata McIntosh, 1869 accepted as Hauchiella tribullata (McIntosh, 1869)
  71. Species Polycirrus trilobatus Sars, 1863 accepted as Amaeana trilobata (Sars, 1863)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Arch. Naturgesch., 16 (1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31180
page(s): 330 [details] 
IRMNG (2026). Polycirrus Grube, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1423680 on 2026-09-16
Date
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2006-12-12 23:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Wilson, Robin
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
changed
db_admin
2025-12-31 07:41:01Z
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Edkins, Keith

original description Arch. Naturgesch., 16 (1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31180
page(s): 330 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 [details] 

verified source for family Nogueira, J.M.D.M.; Fitzhugh, K.; Hutchings, P. (2013). The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 27(2): 186-238., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270809177 [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 [details] 

habitat flag source Wilson, R. S.; Hutchings, P. A.; Glasby, C. J. (2003). Polychaetes: an interactive identification guide. CD-ROM + booklet. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. [details] 

original description (of Apneumea Quatrefages, 1866) Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, (Zool.), [3] 14
page(s): 286 [details] 

original description (of Polycirus Cosmovici, 1880) Arch. Zool. exp. Gén. Paris, 8, 1879-80
page(s): 239 [details] 

original description (of Anisocirrus Gravier, 1905) Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 11, 437
page(s): 441 [details] 

original description (of Torquea Leidy, 1855) J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., (2) 3
page(s): 146 [details] 

original description (of Aphlebina Claparède, 1864) Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève, 17, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49982
page(s): 483-490 [details] 

original description (of Dejoces Kinberg, 1867) Ofvers. VetensAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 23
page(s): 348 [details] 

original description (of Ereutho Malmgren, 1866) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 22
page(s): 391 [details] 

original description (of Leucariste Malmgren, 1866) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 22
page(s): 390 [details] 

original description (of Cyaxares Kinberg, 1867) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 23
page(s): 348 [details] 

original description (of Litancyra Hutchings, 1977) Rec. Aust. Mus. 31
page(s): 9 [details] 

original description (of Polycirris Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A. E. (1900). Additions to the Anthozoa and Hydrozoa of the Bermudas. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(2): 551-572., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7033
page(s): 666 [details] 
To BioNames database (from synonym Dejoces Kinberg, 1867)
To BioNames database (from synonym Leucariste Malmgren, 1866)
To BioNames database (from synonym Litancyra Hutchings, 1977)
To BioNames database (from synonym Cyaxares Kinberg, 1867)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Litancyra Hutchings, 1977)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Cyaxares Kinberg, 1867)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Dejoces Kinberg, 1867)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Leucariste Malmgren, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Litancyra Hutchings, 1977)
To WoRMS (from synonym Leucariste Malmgren, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ereutho Malmgren, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Dejoces Kinberg, 1867)
To WoRMS (from synonym Cyaxares Kinberg, 1867)
To WoRMS (from synonym Apneumea Quatrefages, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Anisocirrus Gravier, 1905)
To WoRMS (from synonym Torquea Leidy, 1855)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Aphlebina Claparède, 1864)
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