Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Family Chaetopteridae > Genus Chaetopterus

Chaetopterus sarsii Boeck in Sars, 1861

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetopterus*	Cuvier, 1830	accepted genus name
*Tricoelia*	Renier, 1804	synonym

Species group names

*Chaetopterus sarsi*	[auctt. misspelling for sarsii]	orthographic variant

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1861). Uddrag af en Beskrivelse over Chaetopterus sarsii n.sp., og Chaetopterus norvegicus Sars. Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1860: 85-88.
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.
additional source	Böck, Christian. (1859). [Meeting report, 11 November] Hr. C. Boeck meddeelte Bemcerkninger over og Afbildning af en ny Art af Annelideslagten Chaetopterus, som han har bencevnet Chaetopterus Sarsii. [Hr C. Boeck communicated remarks on and Illustration of a new species of the annelid genus Chaetopterus, which he has named Chaetopterus sarsii.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania. 252.
source of synonymy	Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris. 1-494.
status source	Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida). Zoologica Scripta. 46(5): 596-610.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus sarsii Boeck in Sars, 1861. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129913