Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Ampharetidae > Subfamily Ampharetinae > Tribe Ampharetini

Ampharete Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asabellides*	Annenkova, 1929	generic synonym
*Sabellides*	Milne Edwards in Lamarck, 1838	generic synonym

Children

Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860)
Ampharete baltica Eliason, 1955
Ampharete borealis (M. Sars, 1856)
Ampharete falcata Eliason, 1955
Ampharete finmarchica (M. Sars, 1865)
Ampharete goesi Malmgren, 1866
Ampharete grubei Malmgren, 1865
Ampharete lindstroemi Hessle, 1917
Ampharete octocirrata (Sars, 1835)
Ampharete petersenae Jirkov, 1997
Ampharete sibirica (Wirén, 1883)
Ampharete vega (Wirén, 1883)

Literature

original description	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
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	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
taxonomy source	Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 5: 39-258, plates I-V.
identification resource	Krüger, Lotte; Dietrich, Anna; Bastrop, Ralf; Bick, Andreas. (2022). From synonym to valid species: Redescriptions of Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) and A. cirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887, and brief descriptions of A. baltica Eliason, 1955 and A. grubei Malmgren, 1865 (Annelida: Terebellida: Ampharetidae). Zootaxa. 5174(4): 357–380.
subsequent type designation	Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ampharete Malmgren, 1866. 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:129155