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

Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetopterus*	Cuvier, 1830	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chaetopterus norvegicus*	M. Sars, 1835	heterotypic synonym
*Chaetopterus sarsii*	Boeck in Sars, 1860	heterotypic synonym
*Chaetopterus sarsi*	Boeck in Sars, 1860	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: perkamentkokerworm; perkamentworm sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

English: parchment worm sources: BIOTIC

English-United States: Parchment Worm sources: Charles Hussey

German: Pergamentwurm

Literature

original description	Renier, S.A. (1804) Prospetto della classe dei Vermi pp. XV-XXVII. Padua.
basis of record	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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Day, J.H. 1967. A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Volume British Museum (Natural History) Publication 656. 1-878. British Museum (Natural History). London.
additional source	Ehlers, E. 1897. Polychaeten. Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise, 1897: 1-148.
additional source	Fauvel, P. 1919. Annélides Polychètes de la Guyane Française. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 25: 472-479.
additional source	Fauvel, P. 1919. Annélides Polychètes de Madagascar, de Djibouti, et du Golfe Persique. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 58: 315-473.
additional source	Imajima, Minoru and Hartman, Olga 1964. The polychaetous annelids of Japan. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts].
additional source	Saint-Joseph, Arthur d’Anthoine de. 1894. Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 7, 17: 1-395.
additional source	Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.
additional source	Augener, H. 1914. Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. 1-72. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise l905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
additional source	Fauvel, P. 1927. Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. 1-494. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.
additional source	Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628 pp.
additional source	McIntosh, W.C. 1915. A monograph of the British Annelids. Volume III. Part I. Text. Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. 1-368. Ray Society. London.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (107 publications)
GenBank (43 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129914