MSBIAS name details
Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923
155394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155394)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Mercierella Fauvel, 1923 accepted as Ficopomatus Southern, 1921
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent only
Fauvel, Pierre. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre <i>Mercierella</i> n.g. <i>enigmatica</i> n.sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 47(10): 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518
page(s): 425-428, fig. 1a-o [details]
page(s): 425-428, fig. 1a-o [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155394 on 2026-09-02
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155394 on 2026-09-02
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original description
Fauvel, Pierre. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre <i>Mercierella</i> n.g. <i>enigmatica</i> n.sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 47(10): 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518
page(s): 425-428, fig. 1a-o [details]
basis of record Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Foster, Nancy. (1972). Freshwater polychaetes (Annelida) of North America. <em>Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems. Identification Manual.</em> 4: viii + 15., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4023
page(s): 5, 7, figs. 2a, 3a-c [details] Available for editors
additional source Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1941). Notes on Polychaeta I. 1. Harmothoe bathydomus Hj. Ditlevsen refound. 2. On the sabellid genus Fabricia. 3. Three polychaetes from Ringk bing Fjord, unrecorded from Denmark. 4. Merciella enigmatica Fauvel, a serpulid new to Denmark. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 105: 31-47.
page(s): 43-46, figs. 9-10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne [details]
status source Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540777 [details]
page(s): 425-428, fig. 1a-o [details]
basis of record Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Foster, Nancy. (1972). Freshwater polychaetes (Annelida) of North America. <em>Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems. Identification Manual.</em> 4: viii + 15., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4023
page(s): 5, 7, figs. 2a, 3a-c [details] Available for editors
additional source Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1941). Notes on Polychaeta I. 1. Harmothoe bathydomus Hj. Ditlevsen refound. 2. On the sabellid genus Fabricia. 3. Three polychaetes from Ringk bing Fjord, unrecorded from Denmark. 4. Merciella enigmatica Fauvel, a serpulid new to Denmark. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 105: 31-47.
page(s): 43-46, figs. 9-10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne [details]
status source Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540777 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To GenBank (182 nucleotides; 175 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1922; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3536316)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 21126 Specimen-1)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 21126 Specimen-2)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To GenBank (182 nucleotides; 175 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1922; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3536316)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 21126 Specimen-1)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 21126 Specimen-2)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
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