Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887) 
AphiaID: 157480

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratuliformia (Suborder) > Acrocirridae (Family) > Macrochaeta (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Macrochaeta Grube, 1850
Synonymised taxa		Ledon sexoculata Webster & Benedict, 1887 (objective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] status source: Banse, K. 1969. Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 26(10): 2595-2620. page(s): 2613 [details] from synonym: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Webster, Henry E. and Benedict, James E. 1887. The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1885: 707-758. [details] [view taxon]
Distribution		Cobscook Bay [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157480
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-23 07:30:30Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2010-04-20 23:54:40Z   checked   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G. (2013). Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887). 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=157480 on 2013-05-24