Melinnopsis
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: Decock, Wim
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
creator: Read, Geoffrey
creator: Gil, João
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129170 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2025-07-05T05:34:02Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
class: Polychaeta
family: Melinnidae
genus: Melinnopsis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map.
name published in: Annenkova, Nadezhda Pavlovna. (1931). Zur Polychaetenfauna von Franz-Joseph-Land (Melinnexis gen. nov. arctica sp. nov.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 95(9/10): 269-272.
name published in: Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514.
name published in: Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles.
name published in: Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology. 2: 1-387.
name published in: Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X.
name published in year: 1885
name published in year: 1931
name published in year: 1919
name published in year: 1969
name published in year: 1967
name published in year: 1950
order: Terebellida
parent name usage ID: 155483
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: McIntosh, 1885
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted