Mercierella Fauvel, 1923 
AphiaID: 155393

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family)

Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Ficopomatus Southern, 1921
Rank		Genus
Parent		Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised taxa		Mercerella Fauvel, 1923 (lapsus calami for Mercierella)
Sources		basis of record: 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] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] source of synonymy: Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Manoleli, Dan 1969. Contribution à l'étude de la dynamyque des polychètes du littoral Roumain devant la station de recherches marines d'Agigea. Lucrarile.Statiunii.de Cercetari.Marine 'Prof.Ioan.Borcea'.Agigea. 3: 77-82. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923 accepted as Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155393
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-04-27 08:17:47Z   created   Appeltans, Ward 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2009-01-20 10:09:03Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry
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		Citation: ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Mercierella Fauvel, 1923. 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=155393 on 2013-06-20