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WoRMS taxon details

Megalocercus Chun, 1887

AphiaID

103364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103364)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Labiata Fenaux, 1993

Direct children (5)

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Species Megalocercus abyssorum Chun, 1887
Species Megalocercus huxleyi (Ritter in Ritter & Byxbee, 1905)
Species Megalocercus altanticus Lohmann, 1914 accepted as Megalocercus abyssorum Chun, 1887
Species Megalocercus diegensis Essenberg, 1926 accepted as Stegosoma magnum (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Megalocercus megastoma Aida, 1907 accepted as Megalocercus huxleyi (Ritter in Ritter & Byxbee, 1905)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Garic, R. (2026). World List of Appendicularia. Megalocercus Chun, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103364 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-04-07 12:56:47Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-04-10 13:29:43Z

changed

Hopcroft, Russ

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 356 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press. (look up in IMIS) [details]