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Chloeia

Chloeia

Savigny, 1818

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Diagnosis (modif. after Yáñez-Rivera & Salazar-Vallejo 2022: 508). Archinomins with body fusiform. Caruncle trilobate, medial lobe wide, plicate, lateral lobes narrow, plicate, tip tapered or blunt. Dorsal pigmentation patterns variable. Branchiae bipinnate in most chaetigers; a few anterior chaetigers with cirriform branchiae sometimes present. Dorsal cirri with cirrophores. Anus terminal in last chaetigers; posterior end margin with a pair of cirriform lobes.
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023): Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). Zootaxa 5238 (1): 1-134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1
Remarks. Horst (1910) used, for separating Chloeia species, the pigmentation patterns, start of branchiae, and relative length of ventral cirri of chaetiger 2. The key below follows this method, and some other features have been added such as the size proportions between anterior and posterior eyes, type of branchial ramification (pinnate vs bipinnate), their size trends along body, and the type of chaetae present.
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023): Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). Zootaxa 5238 (1): 1-134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1
Remarks. The length of ventral cirri of chaetiger 2 has two patterns. In one, these cirri are longer than those present in adjacent segments, whereas in the other, they are of similar length. This feature was used in previous drafts of this key but it is often broken, making this comparison difficult, and this explains why it was removed from the key. Further, the videos available in internet with living specimens clearly show all ventral cirri are directed ventrolaterally; in most preserved specimens the hypertrophied ventral cirri of chaetiger 2 are directed dorsally but this is a preservation artifact.
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023): Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). Zootaxa 5238 (1): 1-134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1
Type species. Amphinome capillata Bruguière, 1789, by monotypy (junior synonym of Aphrodita flava Pallas, 1766, see below).
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023): Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). Zootaxa 5238 (1): 1-134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1

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FIGURE 11. Chloeia amphora Horst, 1910, non-type specimens (UF 4369). A. Dorsal view. B. Anterior end, dorsal view, after Shirlastain-A pigmentation. C. Chaetigers 10-12, dorsal view (left branchia of chaetiger 10 removed). D. Posterior end, ventral view. E. Another specimen, chaetiger 3, notochaeta (insets: notochaetal tips). F. Same, neurochaetal tips. G. Chaetiger 12, harpoon notochaetae. H. Same, neurochaetal tips. Scale bars: A, 1.5 mm; B, 0.5 mm; C, 0.4 mm; D, 0.7 mm; E, 110 μm; F, 70 μm; G, 160 μm; H, 40 μm.

Imageimage/png© Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.

FIGURE 12. Chloeia bemisae sp. n., holotype (UF 4388).A. Dorsal view. B. Anterior end, dorsal view. C. Left lateral view. D. Paratype (UF 4388b), ventral view. E. Same, chaetiger 4, notochaetal tips. F. Same, neurochaetal tips. G. Chaetiger 11, harpoon notochaetae. H. Same, neurochaetae. Scale bars: A, 1.8 mm; B, 0.5 mm; C, 2.3 mm; D, 1.6 mm; E, 110 μm; F, 25 μm; G, 90 μm; H, 100 μm.

Imageimage/png© Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.

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Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023): Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). Zootaxa 5238 (1): 1-134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5238.1.1

Abstract

Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 is the largest genus in the Amphinomidae by including more species than other genera. Members of Chloeia species thrive in mixed substrates or sediments, mostly in tropical waters, and rarely reach deep water, or cold-temperate environments. A recent revision dealt with the species from tropical American seas and resulted in the redescription of five species, and the description of two other new ones. The objective for this additional contribution was to revise type and non-type specimens deposited in 12 of the largest world collections, and by applying a slightly modified approach from the precedent revision. Species were grouped herein after the type of branchiae, the first chaetiger with branchiae, and the dorsal pigmentation pattern. The results include the redescription of 16 species, with C. flava (Pallas, 1766) and C. fusca M’Intosh, 1885 being restricted, and three others reinstated: C. incerta de Quatrefages, 1866; C. fucata de Quatrefages, 1866, and C. pulchella Baird, 1868; 10 species are regarded as indeterminable: C. ancora Frickhinger, 1916; C. bengalensis Kinberg, 1867; C. candida Kinberg, 1857; C. egena Grube, 1855; C. furcigera de Quatrefages, 1866; C. macleayi Haswell, 1879; C. malaica Kinberg, 1867; C. nuda de Quatrefages, 1866; C. quatrefagesii Baird, 1868; and C. rupestris Risso, 1826. Further, 10 recently described species are being diagnosed and compared to their most similar species, but not redescribed; and 17 species are newly described: C. amoureuxi sp. n. from Madagascar, C. bemisae sp. n. from The Philippines, C. boucheti sp. n. from Indonesia, C. fauveli sp. n. from the Bay of Bengal, C. fiegei sp. n. from the Red Sea, C. gesae sp. n. from the Northeastern Atlantic, C. gilleti sp. n. from Western Africa, C. hutchingsae sp. n. from Australia, C. keablei sp. n. from Papua New Guinea, C. mezianei sp. n. from Western Africa, C. murrayae sp. n. from Australia, C. piotrowskiae sp. n. from The Philippines, C. poupini sp. n. from the French Polynesia, C. richeri sp. n. from New Caledonia, C. slapcisnkyi sp. n. from The Philippines, C wangi sp. n. from The Philippines, and C. zibrowii sp. n. from the French Polynesia. Keys to all archinomin genera and to all species of Chloeia are also included.

Salazar-Vallejo S I, plazi (2023). Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sqdwvp accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 2/7/2023View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
209295545
Dataset Key
751096f2-4b5b-43c3-9748-4d07afe044c3
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Backbone Key
11024815
Taxon ID
03C79010FFE6D70CFF70780A22DAFB17.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026