WoRMS name details
Sigalion squamatum [auct misspelling of squamosum]
182822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182822)
unaccepted (misspelling by Claparede, 1868)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sigalion squamosum Delle Chiaje, 1830) delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1829 1830 1831). [POLYCHAETA context] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. <em>[book series].</em> Volume IV. i-viii, 1-214. Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica. Napoli. Plates in a separate volume of 1830., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40485
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion squamatum [auct misspelling of squamosum]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182822 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sigalion squamosum Delle Chiaje, 1830) delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1829 1830 1831). [POLYCHAETA context] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. <em>[book series].</em> Volume IV. i-viii, 1-214. Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica. Napoli. Plates in a separate volume of 1830., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40485
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
basis of record Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905
note: Claparède introduces a misspelling as 'squamatum' and he references the wrong plate in delle Chiaje. It should be plate 96, not plate 80 [details]
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
basis of record Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905
note: Claparède introduces a misspelling as 'squamatum' and he references the wrong plate in delle Chiaje. It should be plate 96, not plate 80 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Muir, Alex I. (1989). Species of the genus Sigalion (Annelida: Polychaeta) reported from north-west European waters, with a note on the authorship of the generic name. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 30: 339-345. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
status source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x [details] Available for editors
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status source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
status source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Claparède introduces a misspelling as 'squamatum' and he references the wrong plate in delle Chiaje. It should be plate 96, not plate 80. Both are inexplicable serious errors. [details]
