WoRMS taxon details
Pista mediterranea Gaillande, 1970
131519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131519)
accepted
Species
Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov in Jirkov, 2001 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gaillande, D. de. (1970). Une polychète Terebellidae nouvelle des côtes de Provence: <i>Pista mediterranea</i> n. sp. <em>Téthys.</em> 2 (2): 443-448.
page(s): 443-445, figs. 1-7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 443-445, figs. 1-7 [details] Available for editors

Holotype USNM 42795, geounit Mediterranean Sea
, Note Port Miou, near Marseille, S. France,...
Holotype USNM 42795, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
Type locality Port Miou, near Marseille, S. France, Mediterranean Sea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista mediterranea Gaillande, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131519 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Gaillande, D. de. (1970). Une polychète Terebellidae nouvelle des côtes de Provence: <i>Pista mediterranea</i> n. sp. <em>Téthys.</em> 2 (2): 443-448.
page(s): 443-445, figs. 1-7 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov in Jirkov, 2001) Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 523 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 443-445, figs. 1-7 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov in Jirkov, 2001) Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 523 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 42, figure 19; note: no new material. Re-examination of holotype, & also comments (doubts?) on the synonymy of Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov with P. mediterranea [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 42, figure 19; note: no new material. Re-examination of holotype, & also comments (doubts?) on the synonymy of Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov with P. mediterranea [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P. Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet & M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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)
note: checklist listing only [details]

additional source 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)
note: checklist listing only [details]





Holotype USNM 42795, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
Paratype MNHN POLY TYPE 819, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
Paratype USNM 42796, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Port Miou, near Marseille, S. France, Mediterranean Sea [details]
http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/iz/?qn=Pista+mediterranea
http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ia/item/type0819
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov in Jirkov, 2001)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 42795)
http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ia/item/type0819
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pista malmgreni Saphronova & Jirkov in Jirkov, 2001)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 42795)