WoRMS name details
Megalomma lobiferum (Ehlers, 1887)
421076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421076)
unaccepted (superseded recombination, genus is a replaced homonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Branchiomma lobiferum Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 254-259, plate 53 figs. 10-15 [details]
page(s): 254-259, plate 53 figs. 10-15 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Megalomma lobiferum (Ehlers, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421076 on 2025-06-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Branchiomma lobiferum Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 254-259, plate 53 figs. 10-15 [details]
new combination reference Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013
page(s): 314; note: usage as new combination with correct gender ending, as in original combination [details]
page(s): 254-259, plate 53 figs. 10-15 [details]
new combination reference Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013
page(s): 314; note: usage as new combination with correct gender ending, as in original combination [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Perkins, Thomas H. (1984). Revision of <i>Demonax</i> Kinberg, <i>Hypsicomus</i> Grube, and <i>Notaulax</i> Tauber, with a review of <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(2): 285-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553607
page(s): 354 [details]
page(s): 354 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
