WoRMS taxon details
Armandia melanura Gravier, 1905
209882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209882)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gravier, C. (1905). Sur les Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge (Flabelligériens, Ophéliens, Capitelliens, Chétoptériens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 11(2), 89-94., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42897662
page(s): 89-91; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 89-91; note: no figures [details]
Holotype , geounit Gulf of Aden
, Note Djibouti, Gulf of Aden.
Holotype, geounit Gulf of Aden [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Djibouti, Gulf of Aden. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet melanura refers to the strongly pigmented pygidium ("À cause de cette extrémité postérieure...
Etymology The specific epithet melanura refers to the strongly pigmented pygidium ("À cause de cette extrémité postérieure fortement pigmentée qui la rend immédiatement reconnaissable, nous proposons d'appeler cette nouvelle espèce Armania melanura" (Gravier, 1905: 91). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Armandia melanura Gravier, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209882 on 2025-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Gravier, C. (1905). Sur les Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge (Flabelligériens, Ophéliens, Capitelliens, Chétoptériens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 11(2), 89-94., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42897662
page(s): 89-91; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]
page(s): 89-91; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Gulf of Aden [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The specific epithet melanura refers to the strongly pigmented pygidium ("À cause de cette extrémité postérieure fortement pigmentée qui la rend immédiatement reconnaissable, nous proposons d'appeler cette nouvelle espèce Armania melanura" (Gravier, 1905: 91). [details]Type locality Djibouti, Gulf of Aden. [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 278 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロジリオフェリア | [details] |
