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Polychaeta taxon details

Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 
AphiaID: 129141

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratuliformia (Suborder) > Acrocirridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Nais clavicornis Sars, 1835
Parent Acrocirridae Banse, 1969
Synonymised
taxa
  Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887 (subjective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

from synonym: Banse, K. 1969. Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 26(10): 2595-2620.
page(s): 2609 [details] [view taxon]


Direct child
taxa

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 Species Macrochaeta australiensis Kudenov, 1976
Species Macrochaeta bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Species Macrochaeta caroli Westheide, 1981
Species Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835)
Species Macrochaeta helgolandica Friedrich, 1936
Species Macrochaeta leidyi (Verrill, 1882)
Species Macrochaeta multipapillata Westheide, 1981
Species Macrochaeta natalensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1996
Species Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913
Species Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969
Species Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962
Species Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
Species Macrochaeta westheidei Santos & da Silva, 1993
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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To ITIS
Notes  Authority: Macrochaeta Grube, 1851 [details]

Validity: Classified under Cirratulidae in RAMS Checklists [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129141
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Macrochaeta Grube, 1850. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129141 on 2013-05-23