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Systematics, Taxonomy
Myxicola polychroma Darbyshire, 2023 (original description)
Myxicola steenstrupii Krøyer, 1856 (status source)
Syntype NHMD Tórshavn, Faroes, 109911. Greenland, unspecified 109912, geounit Faroe Islands, identified as Myxicola steenstrupii Krøyer, 1856
author: "Found on the west and southwest coasts of the UK: west coast of Scotland, Isle of Man, west Wales and ... [details]
author: Myxicola polychroma is named "polychroma" as "a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ‘poly’ (= ... [details]
Although the holotype comes from the upper reach of a sea loch connected to the Firth of Clyde there is no ... [details]
Darbyshire (2023) in an article titled "Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808)) states ... [details]
Darbyshire (2023) in an article titled "Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808)) states ... [details]
The original spelling is 'steensrupii' and this is correctly used in the Hartman checklist catalogue (p.551). ... [details]
Darbyshire (2023: 128) reported there were two syntypes in Natural History Museum of Denmark, one from Faroes (NHMD ... [details]
Kingsbridge estuary, Devon, England, with neotype from 50.2540° N, 3.7588° W [details]
Upper Loch Fyne, Scotland, British Isles, 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m, sandy mud, marine [details]
Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, 62.0063, -6.7690 (also unspecified Greenland). Krøyer (1856:35-36) gives a Latin ... [details]