WoRMS taxon details
Minusculisquama hughesi Pettibone, 1983
157493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157493)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pettibone, Marian H. 1983. Minuscalisquama hughesi, a new genus and species of scale worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from eastern Canada. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96(3): 400-406. [details]
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the...
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Minusculisquama hughesi Pettibone, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157493 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. 1983. Minuscalisquama hughesi, a new genus and species of scale worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from eastern Canada. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96(3): 400-406. [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 72887, geounit Nova Scotia [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia [details]
