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Polychaeta name details

Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918

129806  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129806)

uncertain > nomen dubium (probably based on a damaged specimen)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sæmundsson, Bjarni. (1918). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Islands polychaete Børsteorme (Annulata polychaeta Islandiae). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 69: 165-241, plate II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36398145
page(s): 220-221, plate II figs. 2a-f [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129806 on 2025-05-05
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2017-06-29 22:11:44Z
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original description Sæmundsson, Bjarni. (1918). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Islands polychaete Børsteorme (Annulata polychaeta Islandiae). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 69: 165-241, plate II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36398145
page(s): 220-221, plate II figs. 2a-f [details] 

basis of record 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] 

status source Mackie, Anderew S Y; Pleijel, Fredrik. (1995). A review of the Melinna cristata - species Group (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) in the northeastern Atlantic. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 92 (supplement): 103-124.
page(s): 111; note: based on a single specimen. Authors placed as a nomen dubium, because 2nd fold anterior to serrated one is probably an artifact [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type ZMC, geounit Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]