Macrochaeta sexoculata
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Read, Geoffrey
creator: Gil, João
date: 2026-08-01
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: Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157480 on 2026-08-01
created: 2005-05-23T09:30:30Z
modified: 2016-02-11T14:07:32Z
replaces: 328688
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
class: Polychaeta
family: Acrocirridae
genus: Macrochaeta
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8.
name published in year: 1887
order: Terebellida
parent name usage ID: 129141
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
specific epithet: sexoculata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted