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Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832

129594  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129594)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Sigalionidae (Family)
  9. Sigalion (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Eusigalion Augener, 1918 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thalenessa Baird, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Sigalion amboinensis Grube, 1877
  2. Species Sigalion antillarus Grube, 1875
  3. Species Sigalion arenicola Verrill, 1879
  4. Species Sigalion asiaticus (Uschakov & Wu, 1965)
  5. Species Sigalion blainvillii Costa, 1841
  6. Species Sigalion capensis Day, 1960
  7. Species Sigalion cirrifer Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974
  8. Species Sigalion edwardsi Kinberg, 1856
  9. Species Sigalion lewisii Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939
  10. Species Sigalion lituus Imajima, 2005
  11. Species Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
  12. Species Sigalion microantennatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
  13. Species Sigalion oligospinosus Wehe, 2007
  14. Species Sigalion omanensis Wehe, 2007
  15. Species Sigalion opalinus Intes & Le Loeuff, 1975
  16. Species Sigalion orientalis Wehe, 2007
  17. Species Sigalion oviger Monro, 1924
  18. Species Sigalion papillosus Imajima, 1967
  19. Species Sigalion pergamentaceum Grube, 1856
  20. Species Sigalion pourtalesii Ehlers, 1887
  21. Species Sigalion shimodaensis Imajima, 2006
  22. Species Sigalion socotrensis Wehe, 2007
  23. Species Sigalion spinosus (Hartman, 1939)
  24. Species Sigalion squamosus Delle Chiaje, 1830
  25. Species Sigalion stelliferum (Müller in Linnaeus, 1788)
  26. Species Sigalion stylolepis (Willey, 1905)
  27. Species Sigalion tanseimaruae Imajima, 2006
  28. Species Sigalion vazensis (Augener, 1918)
  29. Subgenus Sigalion (Psammolyce) Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856 (return to genus rank)
    1. Species Sigalion (Psammolyce) rigida Grube, 1868 accepted as Pelogenia rigida (Grube, 1868) (superseded original combination)
  30. Species Sigalion antillarum Grube, 1875 accepted as Sigalion antillarus Grube, 1875
  31. Species Sigalion arenosum Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Pelogenia arenosa (Delle Chiaje, 1830) (superseded original combination)
  32. Species Sigalion bandaensis Horst, 1917 accepted as Sigalion amboinensis Grube, 1877 (subjective synonym)
  33. Species Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833 accepted as Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833) (superseded original combination)
  34. Species Sigalion buskii McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Neoleanira tetragona (Örsted, 1845) (subjective synonym)
  35. Species Sigalion capense Day, 1960 accepted as Sigalion capensis Day, 1960
  36. Species Sigalion carringtonii Carrington, 1865 accepted as Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 (subjective synonym)
  37. Species Sigalion cirriferum Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974 accepted as Sigalion cirrifer Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974 (incorrect original spelling, for compulsory gender agreement)
  38. Species Sigalion estellae Guerin, 1843 accepted as Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833) (subjective synonym)
  39. Species Sigalion herminiae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 accepted as Pelogenia arenosa (Delle Chiaje, 1830) (subjective synonym)
  40. Species Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833) (subjective synonym)
  41. Species Sigalion limicola Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864) (superseded original combination)
  42. Species Sigalion microantennata Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 accepted as Sigalion microantennatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
  43. Species Sigalion ocellatum Bobretzky, 1868 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
  44. Species Sigalion oculatum Peters, 1854 accepted as Euthalenessa oculata (Peters, 1854) (superseded original combination)
  45. Species Sigalion opalinum Intes & Le Loeuff, 1975 accepted as Sigalion opalinus Intes & Le Loeuff, 1975
  46. Species Sigalion ovigerum Monro, 1924 [original spelling] accepted as Sigalion oviger Monro, 1924 (incorrect original spelling (gender agreement))
  47. Species Sigalion papillosum Imajima, 1967 accepted as Sigalion papillosus Imajima, 1967
  48. Species Sigalion squamatum Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Sigalion squamosus Delle Chiaje, 1830
  49. Species Sigalion squamosum Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Sigalion squamosus Delle Chiaje, 1830
  50. Species Sigalion tetragonum Örsted, 1845 accepted as Neoleanira tetragona (Örsted, 1845) (synonym)
  51. Species Sigalion orientalis Imajima, 2009 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unreplaced junior primary homonym to S. orientalis Wehe, 2007)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1832). [Part 1] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> Sér. 1, 27: 337-447., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6062037
page(s): 438, 441, plate 9, figures 1-10; note: for Sigalion mathildae [details]   
Note Type species S. Mathildae Audouin and Milne...  
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Type species Type species S. Mathildae Audouin and Milne Edwards is mentioned only as a footnote in Cuvier (1830), without description (so a nomen nudum), referring to "Aud. et Edw., Littor. de la France" which work did not appear until 1834. The actual first description was published in another Audouin & Milne Edwards work in 1832 in 'Annales des sciences naturelles" [details]
Etymology According to Mackie & Chambers (1990:52) "Several authors have treated Sigalion as neuter, but Sigalion is a Greek name for...  
Etymology According to Mackie & Chambers (1990:52) "Several authors have treated Sigalion as neuter, but Sigalion is a Greek name for the Egyptian god of silence, more commonly known as Harpocrates, and is of masculine gender (Lewis & Short 1879). This is clearly indicated by the words (" … aut tua Sigalion Aegyptius oscula signet . . .") of the poet Ausonius …" Much earlier Johnston (1865: 123) explained this in a footnote: "Sigalion is a name of Harpocrates, the companion of Aesculapius and Hygeia, by whom physicians were obliged to swear [an oath]"
 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129594 on 2024-04-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2007-01-25 09:20:00Z
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Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2020-11-17 21:30:34Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2020-11-18 21:03:39Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1832). [Part 1] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> Sér. 1, 27: 337-447., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6062037
page(s): 438, 441, plate 9, figures 1-10; note: for Sigalion mathildae [details]   

original description  (of Thalenessa Baird, 1866) Baird, William. (1866). Contributions to a monograph of the <i>Aphroditacea</i>. (Continued from vol. viii. p. 202.). <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 9(33): 31-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31753128
page(s): 34; note: Erected for Sigalion edwardsi Kinberg, River Plate, S America [details]   

original description  (of Eusigalion Augener, 1918) Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 112-113 [details]   

taxonomy source Wehe, T. (2007). Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta:Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part II: Sigalionidae. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 23: 41–124. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record 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) [details]   

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]   

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]   

original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 207; note: lacks a valid species name (Code12.2.5) [details]   
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Etymology According to Mackie & Chambers (1990:52) "Several authors have treated Sigalion as neuter, but Sigalion is a Greek name for the Egyptian god of silence, more commonly known as Harpocrates, and is of masculine gender (Lewis & Short 1879). This is clearly indicated by the words (" … aut tua Sigalion Aegyptius oscula signet . . .") of the poet Ausonius …" Much earlier Johnston (1865: 123) explained this in a footnote: "Sigalion is a name of Harpocrates, the companion of Aesculapius and Hygeia, by whom physicians were obliged to swear [an oath]"
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Grammatical gender masculine (fide Mackie & Chambers, 1990) [details]

Publication date A description of Sigalion was not published until 1832. However Cuvier (1830) prematurely published the name. The total content of his definition is this: "Les Sigalions, Aud. et Mil n. Edw., sont d'une forme bien plus alonge que les autres aphrodites; ils ont des cirrhes tous les pieds" He also refers (name only) to Sigalion Mathildae in a footnote, but as Audouin & Milne Edwards work was not published for another two years, this cannot validate Cuvier's nomen nudum species name usage by indication. Code article 12.2.5 requires an available species name for a new genus name. Mackie & Chambers (1990: 39-40) introduced the use of Cuvier, 1830 for the genus authority, but earlier workers had used the 1832 publication of Audouin & Milne Edwards, and this seems to be the correct decision under the Code. [details]

Type species Type species S. Mathildae Audouin and Milne Edwards is mentioned only as a footnote in Cuvier (1830), without description (so a nomen nudum), referring to "Aud. et Edw., Littor. de la France" which work did not appear until 1834. The actual first description was published in another Audouin & Milne Edwards work in 1832 in 'Annales des sciences naturelles" [details]
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Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830
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