WoRMS taxon details

Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934

329303  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329303)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Polynoidae (Family)
  9. Polynoinae (Subfamily)
  10. Melaenis (Genus)
  11. Melaenis tropicus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24733838
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands  
Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands [details]
, Note Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329303 on 2024-05-02
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24733838
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details]   

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 
   

Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Type locality Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands [details]
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