WoRMS name details
Marenzelleria jonesi Maciolek, 1984
329222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329222)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
page(s): 55-58, figs. 3-4 [details]
page(s): 55-58, figs. 3-4 [details]
Holotype USNM 80472, geounit Delaware
, Type locality contained in Henlopen, Cape , Note Sandflats east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware,...
Holotype USNM 80472, geounit Delaware [details]
type locality contained in Henlopen, Cape [details]
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Type locality Sandflats east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 38.804°, -75.092°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Henlopen (Delaware, USA).
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr. Meredith L. Jones of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Henlopen (Delaware, USA).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Henlopen (Delaware, USA). [details]
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr. Meredith L. Jones of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian...
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr. Meredith L. Jones of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C." (Maciolek, 1984: 58). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marenzelleria jonesi Maciolek, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329222 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
page(s): 55-58, figs. 3-4 [details]
page(s): 55-58, figs. 3-4 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Sikorski, A.V. & Bick, A. (2004). Revision of Marenzelleria Mesnil, 1896 (Spionidae, Polychaeta). <em>Sarsia.</em> 89(4):253-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820410002460
page(s): 10 of 25; note: included in Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill) in a formal synonymy [details] Available for editors
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status source Blank, Miriam; Bastrop, Ralf. (2009). Phylogeny of the mud worm genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta, Spionidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38(3): 313-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00370.x
note: maintained the synonymy of M jonesi with M. viridis [details]
page(s): 10 of 25; note: included in Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill) in a formal synonymy [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Blank, Miriam; Bastrop, Ralf. (2009). Phylogeny of the mud worm genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta, Spionidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38(3): 313-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00370.x
note: maintained the synonymy of M jonesi with M. viridis [details]
Other
additional source
Rodi, A. J. Jr; Dauer, Daniel M. (1996). Synonymy of Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill) and Marenzelleria jonesi Maciolek (Polychaeta: Spionidae. <em>[meeting abstract].</em> page 72 In: Twenty-fourth annual benthic ecology meeting, held in Columbia, South Carolina, march 7-10, 1996.
page(s): 72; note: First to suggest synonymy, but in an indicative abstract, without data, not peer-reviewed [details]
page(s): 72; note: First to suggest synonymy, but in an indicative abstract, without data, not peer-reviewed [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Henlopen (Delaware, USA). [details]
Etymology "This species is named in honour of Dr. Meredith L. Jones of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C." (Maciolek, 1984: 58). [details]
Habitat Intertidal sandflats. [details]
Synonymy Rodi & Dauer (1996) first suggested the synonymy of Marenzelleria jonesi with M. viridis, but their work was not published, appearing only in abstract form. Sikorski & Bick (2004) were the first to publish a forma synonymy with descriptions and information on the types examined. Later Blank & Bastrop (2009) published molecular data. [details]
Type locality Sandflats east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 38.804°, -75.092°). [details]
