WoRMS name details
Megalomma splendida (Moore, 1905)
333993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333993)
unaccepted (superseded recombination, genus is a replaced homonym, gender misspelling)
Species
Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Megalomma parva (Chamberlin, 1919) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pseudopotamilla splendida Moore, 1905) Moore, John Percy. (1905). Five new species of <i>Pseudopotamilla</i> from the Pacific coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57: 555-569, plate XXXVII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6331971
page(s): 564-566, plate XXXVII figs. 23-27 [details]
page(s): 564-566, plate XXXVII figs. 23-27 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Megalomma splendida (Moore, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333993 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pseudopotamilla splendida Moore, 1905) Moore, John Percy. (1905). Five new species of <i>Pseudopotamilla</i> from the Pacific coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57: 555-569, plate XXXVII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6331971
page(s): 564-566, plate XXXVII figs. 23-27 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 564-566, plate XXXVII figs. 23-27 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2017). Nomenclatural checklist for <i>Acromegalomma</i> species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a <i>nomen novum</i> replacement for the junior homonym <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson, 1926. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 677: 131-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.12030
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kudenov, Jerry D. (1975). Errant polychaetes from the Gulf of California, Mexico. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 9(1): 65-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937500770061
page(s): 226-228, figs. 45-48; note: larval development [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kudenov, Jerry D. (1975). Errant polychaetes from the Gulf of California, Mexico. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 9(1): 65-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937500770061
page(s): 226-228, figs. 45-48; note: larval development [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Correct spelling is 'splendidum' for (neuter) gender agreement. For example usage in Knight-Jones (1997: 314) [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalomma splendida)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 32828) (from synonym Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalomma splendida)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 32828) (from synonym Branchiomma burrardum Berkeley, 1930)
To ITIS
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