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Polychaeta taxon details

Melinna Malmgren, 1866

129168  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129168)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Terebelliformia (Suborder)
  9. Melinnidae (Family)
  10. Melinna (Genus)
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  1. Species Melinna aberrans Fauvel, 1932
  2. Species Melinna albicincta Mackie & Pleijel, 1995
  3. Species Melinna armandi McIntosh, 1885
  4. Species Melinna arnaudi Parapar & San Martín, 1997
  5. Species Melinna buskii McIntosh, 1922
  6. Species Melinna collare Detinova, 1985
  7. Species Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851)
  8. Species Melinna denticulata Moore, 1906
  9. Species Melinna elisabethae McIntosh, 1885
  10. Species Melinna exilia Fauchald, 1972
  11. Species Melinna fauchaldi Gallardo, 1968
  12. Species Melinna hamulus Gunton, Zhang, Kupriyanova & Hutchings, 2023
  13. Species Melinna heterodonta Moore, 1923
  14. Species Melinna maculata Webster, 1879
  15. Species Melinna malmgreni Caullery, 1944
  16. Species Melinna marchadi Fauvel & Rullier, 1959
  17. Species Melinna monoceroides Fauvel, 1936
  18. Species Melinna ochotica Uschakov, 1950
  19. Species Melinna oculata Hartman, 1969
  20. Species Melinna pacifica McIntosh, 1885
  21. Species Melinna palmata Grube, 1870
  22. Species Melinna parumdentata Ehlers, 1887
  23. Species Melinna plana Fauchald, 1972
  24. Species Melinna profunda Augener, 1906
  25. Species Melinna tentaculata Fauchald, 1972
  26. Species Melinna uruguayi Hessle, 1917
  27. Species Melinna adriatica Marenzeller, 1874 accepted as Melinna palmata Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  28. Species Melinna dubita Hoagland, 1920 accepted as Melinnopsis dubita (Hoagland, 1920) (superseded original combination)
  29. Species Melinna monocera Augener, 1906 accepted as Melinnexis monocera (Augener, 1906) accepted as Melinnopsis monocera (Augener, 1906) (superseded original combination)
  30. Species Melinna pacifica Moore, 1923 accepted as Melinnexis moorei Hartman, 1960 accepted as Melinnopsis moorei (Hartman, 1960) (subjective synonym)
  31. Species Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918 (uncertain > nomen dubium, probably based on a damaged specimen)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 371 [details]   
Etymology unstated by Malmgren, but it seems at the time he was using ancient Greek names of women for genera. Ampharete, Samytha,...  
Etymology unstated by Malmgren, but it seems at the time he was using ancient Greek names of women for genera. Ampharete, Samytha, and Melinna are Greek female names. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna Malmgren, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129168 on 2024-04-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-04 06:49:09Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2013-06-05 03:52:00Z
changed
Reuscher, Michael
2023-02-19 16:40:09Z
changed
Gil, João
2023-05-17 03:22:37Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 371 [details]   

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]   
From editor or global species database
Etymology unstated by Malmgren, but it seems at the time he was using ancient Greek names of women for genera. Ampharete, Samytha, and Melinna are Greek female names. [details]

Grammatical gender feminine, from ancient Greek given name [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
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To The Arctic Traits Database (14 traits) 
From other sources
Melinna cristata in tubes
Melinna cristata in tubes
Image from typetaxon
Melinna cristata - preserved
Melinna cristata - preserved
Image from typetaxon
Melinna
Melinna

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