Polychaeta taxon details
Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 AphiaID: 129141
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Typetaxon | | Nais clavicornis Sars, 1835 |
| Parent | | Acrocirridae Banse, 1969 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887 (subjective synonym)
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| 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]
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Direct child taxa [show all] | | 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
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| 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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| Links | | To GenBank
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Authority: Macrochaeta Grube, 1851 [details]
Validity: Classified under Cirratulidae in RAMS Checklists [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129141 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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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 |
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