WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus mexicanus (Rioja, 1947)
334569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334569)
accepted
Species
Anisocirrus mexicanus Rioja, 1947 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Anisocirrus mexicanus Rioja, 1947) Rioja, Enrique 1947. Estudios anelidologicos. XVII. Contribucion al conocimiento de los anelidos poliquetos de Baja California y Mar de Cortes. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico, 18(1): 197-224.
page(s): 210-212, figs. 18-25 [details]
page(s): 210-212, figs. 18-25 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of California
, Note Western Mexico
type locality contained in Gulf of California [from synonym] [details]
Type locality Western Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus mexicanus (Rioja, 1947). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334569 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Anisocirrus mexicanus Rioja, 1947) Rioja, Enrique 1947. Estudios anelidologicos. XVII. Contribucion al conocimiento de los anelidos poliquetos de Baja California y Mar de Cortes. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Mexico, 18(1): 197-224.
page(s): 210-212, figs. 18-25 [details]
new combination reference 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.
page(s): 499, 518 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 210-212, figs. 18-25 [details]
new combination reference 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.
page(s): 499, 518 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1
page(s): 73-74, fig. 39.a-h [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 73-74, fig. 39.a-h [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Mexico [details]