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Polychaeta taxon details

Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843 
AphiaID: 129614

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Spio vulgaris Johnston, 1827
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Colobranchus Schmarda, 1861 (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]

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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 Subgenus Malacoceros (Rhynchospio)
  » Species Malacoceros (Rhynchospio) inflatus Foster, 1971
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)
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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Notes  Authority: Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843, emend. Pettibone, 1963 [details]

Type species: Type species Spio vulgaris Johnston 1827 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129614
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). 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