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Darbyshire, Teresa. (2023). Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (Annelida: Sabellidae) and a new species from the UK. European Journal of Taxonomy. 900: 106-137.
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Darbyshire, Teresa
2023
Designation of a neotype for <i>Myxicola infundibulum</i> (Montagu, 1808) (Annelida: Sabellidae) and a new species from the UK
European Journal of Taxonomy
900: 106-137
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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The historical context of Myxicola species identification, around the UK and Europe, is reviewed and confusion surrounding the type species for the genus, Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808), discussed. Myxicola infundibulum is re-described and a neotype designated. A new species, M. polychroma sp. nov., is also described from the UK and is discussed, along with M. infundibulum, in relation to historical synonymised species from the region as well as current species known worldwide. Genetic and morphological details are provided for both species to aid in distinguishing them and determining the validity of other taxa in the future. Myxicola polychroma sp. nov. is distinguished through a combination of non-differentially coloured radiole tips, long, fine pinnulae that terminate below the lower margin of the basal membrane, large, fleshy, triangular radiolar appendages that arise centrally, interramal eyespots, dense, fine notochaetae and uncini with upper teeth 0.6–0.8 × length of the main fang. The type specimens of Myxicola steenstrupi Krøyer, 1856 and the status of that species are also discussed.
British Islands
Molecular systematics, Molecular biology
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2019.023.0015, geounit Firth of Clyde, identified as Myxicola polychroma Darbyshire, 2023
Syntype NHMD Tórshavn, Faroes, 109911. Greenland, unspecified 109912, geounit Faroe Islands, identified as Myxicola steenstrupii Krøyer, 1856
 Distribution

author: "Found on the west and southwest coasts of the UK: west coast of Scotland, Isle of Man, west Wales and ... [details]

 Etymology

author: Myxicola polychroma is named "polychroma" as "a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ‘poly’ (= ... [details]

 Habitat

Although the holotype comes from the upper reach of a sea loch connected to the Firth of Clyde there is no ... [details]

 Neotype

Darbyshire (2023) in an article titled "Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808)) states ... [details]

 Neotype

Darbyshire (2023) in an article titled "Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808)) states ... [details]

 Spelling

The original spelling is 'steensrupii' and this is correctly used in the Hartman checklist catalogue (p.551). ... [details]

 Status

Darbyshire (2023: 128) reported there were two syntypes in Natural History Museum of Denmark, one from Faroes (NHMD ... [details]

 Type locality

Kingsbridge estuary, Devon, England, with neotype from 50.2540° N, 3.7588° W [details]

 Type locality

Upper Loch Fyne, Scotland, British Isles, 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m, sandy mud, marine [details]

 Type locality

Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, 62.0063, -6.7690 (also unspecified Greenland). Krøyer (1856:35-36) gives a Latin ... [details]