WoRMS taxon details
Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928)
AphiaID: 209864
AphiaID: 209864
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family) > Malacoceros (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Scolecolepis indica Fauvel, 1928 (objective synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of Scolelepis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 76: 89-104. [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] redescription: Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] basis of record (from synonym): Day, J.H. & J.F.C. Morgans (1956). The ecology of South African estuaries. Part 7. The Biology of Durban Bay. Ann. Natal Mus. 13: 259-312. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l,Inde. II. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(2): 159-165. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209864 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928). 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=209864 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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