WoRMS taxon details
Melinna
AphiaID: 129168
AphiaID: 129168
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Ampharetidae (Family) > Melinninae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Sabellides cristata Sars, 1851 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Melinninae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] 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, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Melinna aberrans Fauvel, 1932 Species Melinna albicincta (Mackie & Pleijel, 1995) Species Melinna armandi McIntosh, 1885 Species Melinna arnaudi Parapar & San Martin, 1997 Species Melinna buskii McIntosh, 1922 Species Melinna collare Detinova, 1986 Species Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851) Species Melinna denticulata Moore, 1908 Species Melinna elisabethae McIntosh, 1918 Species Melinna exilia Fauchald, 1972 Species Melinna fauchaldi Gallardo, 1968 Species Melinna heterodonta Moore, 1923 Species Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918 Species Melinna maculata Webster, 1879 Species Melinna malmgreni Caullery, 1944 Species Melinna marchadi Fauvel & Rullier, 1959 Species Melinna monoceroides Fauvel, 1936 Species Melinna ochotica Uschakov, 1950 Species Melinna oculata Hartman, 1969 Species Melinna pacifica McIntosh, 1885 Species Melinna palmata Grube, 1870 Species Melinna parumdentata Ehlers, 1887 Species Melinna plana Fauchald, 1972 Species Melinna profunda Augener, 1906 Species Melinna tentaculata Fauchald, 1972 Species Melinna uruguayi Hessle, 1917 Species Melinna adriatica Marenzeller, 1874 accepted as Melinna palmata Grube, 1870 Species Melinna dubita Hoagland, 1920 accepted as Melinnexis dubita (Hoagland, 1920) Species Melinna monocera Augener, 1906 accepted as Melinnexis monocera (Augener, 1906) Species Melinna pacifica Moore, 1923 accepted as Melinnexis moorei Hartman, 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||||||||
| Image |
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129168 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Melinna. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129168 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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