WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229 page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors [request]
Otheradditional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "named for the late Pierre Fauvel, eminent French worker on the Polychaeta, whose numerous publications include some of the early studies on bathyal polychaetes" [details]
Grammatical gender stated as feminine [details]
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