WoRMS name details
Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930
174854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174854)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 92-94, fig. 29a-c [details]
page(s): 92-94, fig. 29a-c [details]
Type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean
, Note Antarctic Ocean, South Georgia
type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean [details]
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, South Georgia [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 900 m.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean: South Georgia, Falkland Islands; Southern Argentina.
Depth range Intertidal to 900 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean: South Georgia, Falkland Islands; Southern Argentina.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean: South Georgia, Falkland Islands; Southern Argentina. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174854 on 2025-12-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 92-94, fig. 29a-c [details]
page(s): 92-94, fig. 29a-c [details]
Other
additional source
Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 156, plate XXV figs. 1-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003
page(s): 87, plate 27 figs. 3-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 156, plate XXV figs. 1-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003
page(s): 87, plate 27 figs. 3-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 900 m. [details]Distribution Antarctic Ocean: South Georgia, Falkland Islands; Southern Argentina. [details]
Habitat On muddy and sandy sediments, amongst algae, stones and rocks. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, South Georgia [details]
