Polychaeta taxon details
Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843 AphiaID: 129614
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Typetaxon | | Spio vulgaris Johnston, 1827 |
| Parent | | Spionidae Grube, 1850 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Colobranchus Schmarda, 1861 (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]
basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. page(s): 477 [details]
additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: Schmarda, Ludwig K. 1861. Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte) Turbellarian, Rotatorien un Anneliden. 1-164. Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm page(s): 66 [details] [view taxon]
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Direct child taxa [show all] | | Subgenus Malacoceros (Rhynchospio)
Species Malacoceros cariacoensis Delgado-Blas & Díaz-Díaz, 2010
Species Malacoceros derjugini (Uschakov, 1948)
Species Malacoceros divisus Hutchings & Rainer, 1979
Species Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1870)
Species Malacoceros girardi Quatrefages, 1843
Species Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928)
Species Malacoceros jennicus Graff, Blake & Wishner, 2008
Species Malacoceros jirkovi Sirkorski, 1992
Species Malacoceros laevicornis (Rathke, 1837)
Species Malacoceros reductus Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Malacoceros samurai Hourdez, Desbruyeres & Laubier, 2006
Species Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Malacoceros vanderhorsti (Augener, 1927)
Species Malacoceros fuliginosa [auctt.] (nomen dubium, misspellling, perhaps arising from incorrect usage of Malacoceros as subgenus of Scolelepis)
Species Malacoceros ciliatus (Keferstein, 1862) accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Malacoceros girardii [auctt.] accepted as Malacoceros girardi Quatrefages, 1843
Species Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages, 1843 accepted as Scolelepis longirostris (Quatrefages, 1843)
Species Malacoceros murmanica (Zachs in Uschakov, 1948) accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Malacoceros tetraceros [auctt.] accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Malacoceros vulgaris Quatrefages, 1843 accepted as Scolelepis fuliginosa (Claparède, 1870) accepted as Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1870)
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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: Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843, emend. Pettibone, 1963 [details]
Type species: Type species Spio vulgaris Johnston 1827 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129614 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843. 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=129614 on 2013-05-18 |
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