WoRMS name details
original description
Montagu, G. (1813). Descriptions of several new or rare animals, principally marine, discovered on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(1): 1–26, pls. 1–5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756542 page(s): 19 & plate 5, fig.1 [details]
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Johansson, Karl Eric. (1927). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polychaeten-Familien Hermellidae Sabellidae und Serpulidae. [inaugural-dissertation]. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 11: 1-184. [details]
subsequent type designation
Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 page(s): 314 [details]
Neotype NMW NMW.Z1995.024, verbatimGeounit St Anthony, Devon, ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Neotype Type of Megalomma. Knight-Jones (1997:414) designates a neotype but it is not clear why this is necessary. She gives no comment on the information known about the holotype. [details]
Type locality Original type locality was Kingsbridge estuary, Devon. Neotype type locality: St Anthony, Devon, UK, 50 9' 0" N 5 0' 0" W, (50.15, -5), low tide [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
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