WoRMS taxon details
Fritillaria megachile Fol, 1872
103384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103384)
accepted
Species
Fritillaria macrotrachela Essenberg, 1926 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fol H. (1872). Etudes sur les Appendiculaires du détroit de Messine. <em>Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 21: 445-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226804 [details]
(of Fritillaria macrotrachela Essenberg, 1926) Essenberg, C. E. (1926). Copelata from the San Diego Region. <em>Univ. Calif. Pub. in Zool.</em> 28(22): 399-521. [details]
(of Fritillaria macrotrachela Essenberg, 1926) Essenberg, C. E. (1926). Copelata from the San Diego Region. <em>Univ. Calif. Pub. in Zool.</em> 28(22): 399-521. [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Fritillaria megachile Fol, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103384 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Fol H. (1872). Etudes sur les Appendiculaires du détroit de Messine. <em>Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 21: 445-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226804 [details]
original description (of Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). The status of the tunicate genera Appendicularia and Fritillaria. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 28: 145., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/71504 [details]
original description (of Fritillaria macrotrachela Essenberg, 1926) Essenberg, C. E. (1926). Copelata from the San Diego Region. <em>Univ. Calif. Pub. in Zool.</em> 28(22): 399-521. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 356 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). The status of the tunicate genera Appendicularia and Fritillaria. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 28: 145., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/71504 [details]
original description (of Fritillaria macrotrachela Essenberg, 1926) Essenberg, C. E. (1926). Copelata from the San Diego Region. <em>Univ. Calif. Pub. in Zool.</em> 28(22): 399-521. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 356 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Castellanos, I. A; Suárez-Morales, E. (2009). Appendicularia (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1217–1221 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]
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
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additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Castellanos, I. A; Suárez-Morales, E. (2009). Appendicularia (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1217–1221 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]
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
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fritillaria megachile) (from synonym Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fritillaria megachile)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fritillaria megachile) (from synonym Fritillaria magachile Bartsch, 1915)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fritillaria megachile)
To PESI
