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Microphthalmus aberrans (Webser & Benedict, 1887) 
AphiaID: 130168

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Hesionidae (Family) > Microphthalminae (Subfamily) > Microphthalmus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Microphthalmus Mecznikov, 1865
Synonymised
taxa
  Microphthalmus sczelkowii cantabrica Rioja, 1925 (subjective synonym)
Podarke aberrans Webster & Benedict, 1887 (objective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1971. [DUPLICATE (Unlink & DELETE), USE Aphia #618 INSTEAD] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. [details]

basis of record: Westheide, Wilfried 1967. Monographie der Gattungen Hesionides Friedrich und Microphthalmus Mecznikow (Polychaeta, Hesionidae). Ein Beitrag zur Organisation und Biologie psammobionter Polychaeten. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 61: 1-159. [details]

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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Rioja, Enrique. 1925. Anelidos poliquetos de San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabrico). Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturale. Serie zoológica. 53: 1-62  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Webster, Henry E. and Benedict, James E. 1887. The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1885: 707-758. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain[details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym) , locality Spain (Atlantic Ocean) [view taxon]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130168
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Microphthalmus aberrans (Webser & Benedict, 1887). 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=130168 on 2013-05-21
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