ARMS taxon details
Melinna elisabethae McIntosh, 1885
129805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129805)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 438; note: Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name fr...
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page(s): 438; note: Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name fr...
Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name from the nomen nudum it should have been at that time.
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna elisabethae McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025) The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129805 on 2025-05-05
Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Melinna elisabethae McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129805 on 2025-05-05
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McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 438; note: Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name fr...
[details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
redescription Mackie, Anderew S Y; Pleijel, Fredrik. (1995). A review of the Melinna cristata - species Group (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) in the northeastern Atlantic. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 92 (supplement): 103-124.
page(s): 111; note: redescription and designation of lectotype [details] Available for editors
redescription Gunton, Laetitia M.; Zhang, William; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Hutchings, Pat A. (2023). New species of <em>Melinna</em> (Melinnidae, Annelida) from the Australian abyss with comments on <em>M. albicincta</em>, <em>M. cristata</em> and <em>M. elisabethae</em>. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 125-154., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/gunton-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-125154/
page(s): 143, figures 13–15; note: Description and record for specimens from Tees Bay, England [details] Available for editors
redescription McIntosh, W. C. L.; St, A. N. (1914). Notes from the Gatty Marine On the ventral furrows of the lesser rorqual (Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Lacépède). 2. On some of the species of Prionospio, Malmgren. 3. On the british Amphictenidae. 4. On the british Ampharetidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13: 77-110., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51229570
page(s): 106-108; note: Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh had unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the nam...
[details]
page(s): 438; note: Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name fr...
Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name from the nomen nudum it should have been at that time.
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
redescription Mackie, Anderew S Y; Pleijel, Fredrik. (1995). A review of the Melinna cristata - species Group (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) in the northeastern Atlantic. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 92 (supplement): 103-124.
page(s): 111; note: redescription and designation of lectotype [details] Available for editors
redescription Gunton, Laetitia M.; Zhang, William; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Hutchings, Pat A. (2023). New species of <em>Melinna</em> (Melinnidae, Annelida) from the Australian abyss with comments on <em>M. albicincta</em>, <em>M. cristata</em> and <em>M. elisabethae</em>. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 125-154., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/gunton-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-125154/
page(s): 143, figures 13–15; note: Description and record for specimens from Tees Bay, England [details] Available for editors
redescription McIntosh, W. C. L.; St, A. N. (1914). Notes from the Gatty Marine On the ventral furrows of the lesser rorqual (Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Lacépède). 2. On some of the species of Prionospio, Malmgren. 3. On the british Amphictenidae. 4. On the british Ampharetidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13: 77-110., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51229570
page(s): 106-108; note: Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh had unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the nam...
Actually the first description is 1914 but McIntosh had unintentionally mentioned enough about M elisabethae in 1885: 438 while describing Challenger specimens of M maculata Webster to elevate the name from the nomen nudum it should have been at that time.
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
