WoRMS taxon details
Myzostoma polycyclus Atkins, 1927
335246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335246)
accepted
Species
Myzostomum polycyclus Atkins, 1927 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Atkins, Daphne. (1927). Report on the Myzostomidae collected by Mr. F.A. Potts in Torres Strait, together with a description of a species obtained by Professor J. Stanley Gardiner from the Maldives. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 339-357., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02265.x
page(s): 340, plate 1, figures 1-3; note: Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 340, plate 1, figures 1-3; note: Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait [details] Available for editors
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Note Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu,...
Type locality Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myzostoma polycyclus Atkins, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335246 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Atkins, Daphne. (1927). Report on the Myzostomidae collected by Mr. F.A. Potts in Torres Strait, together with a description of a species obtained by Professor J. Stanley Gardiner from the Maldives. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 339-357., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02265.x
page(s): 340, plate 1, figures 1-3; note: Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 340, plate 1, figures 1-3; note: Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Eeckhaut, I.; Grygier, M. J.; Deheyn, D. (1998). Myzostomes from Papua New Guinea, with related Indo-West Pacific distribution records and description of five new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 62(3): 841-886., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1998/00000062/00000003/art00009
page(s): 873, figures1O–P,2I,18,27,30C; note: description of new specimens, including from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. The original syntypes from Torres Strait could not be relocated. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 873, figures1O–P,2I,18,27,30C; note: description of new specimens, including from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. The original syntypes from Torres Strait could not be relocated. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マトスイクチムシ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Myzostomum polycyclus Atkins, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myzostoma polycyclus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Myzostomum polycyclus Atkins, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myzostoma polycyclus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
