''Amphitrite'' is a genus of
polychaete
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class (biology), class of generally marine invertebrate, marine annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that ...
belonging to the family
Terebellidae
The Terebellidae is a marine family of polychaete worms, of which the type taxon is ''Terebella'', described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
Characteristics
Most terebellids live in burrows or crevices and ar ...
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cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species
The World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ...
recognizes the following 21 species:[
* '' Amphitrite alcicornis'' Fauvel, 1909
* '' Amphitrite attenuata'' Moore, 1906
* '' Amphitrite brunnea'' (Stimpson, 1853)
* '' Amphitrite buzhinskaje'' Jirkov, 2020
* '' Amphitrite chloraema'' (Schmarda, 1861)
* '' Amphitrite cirrata'' Müller, 1776
* '' Amphitrite fauveli'' Jirkov, Ravara & Cunha, 2018
* '' Amphitrite haematina'' (Grube, 1871)
* '' Amphitrite jucunda'' (Kinberg, 1866)
* '' Amphitrite kerguelensis'' McIntosh, 1876
* '' Amphitrite leptobranchia'' Caullery, 1944
* '' Amphitrite lobocephala'' Hsieh, 1994
* '' Amphitrite malayensis'' Caullery, 1944
* '' Amphitrite marchilensis'' Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
* '' Amphitrite oculata'' Hessle, 1917
* '' Amphitrite ornata'' (Leidy, 1855)
* '' Amphitrite rubra'' (Risso, 1826)
* '' Amphitrite rzhavskyi'' Jirkov, 2020
* '' Amphitrite scylla'' (Savigny, 1822)
* '' Amphitrite variabilis'' (Risso, 1826)
* '' Amphitrite ventricosa'' Bosc, 1802
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References
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Terebellida
Polychaete genera
Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller