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Polychaeta taxon details

Eupolymnia meissnerae Lavesque, Daffe, Londoño-Mesa & Hutchings, 2021

1540924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1540924)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Terebelliformia (Suborder)
  9. Terebellidae (Family)
  10. Terebellinae (Subfamily)
  11. Procleini (Tribe)
  12. Eupolymnia (Genus)
  13. Eupolymnia meissnerae (Species)
accepted
Species
Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 25, figures 2C, 10–11; note: Bay of Brest, Brittany, France [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  MNHN MNHN-IA-TYPE 2024, geounit Bay of Brest  
Holotype MNHN MNHN-IA-TYPE 2024, geounit Bay of Brest [details]
, Note Bay of Brest, Brittany, France, 48.3153, ...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bay of Brest, Brittany, France, 48.3153, -4.3647 (48°18’55”N 4°21’53”W), depth 5 m [details]
Etymology Authors: Eupolymnia meissnerae "is dedicated to Karin Meiβner, for her great contribution to polychaete taxonomy".  
Etymology Authors: Eupolymnia meissnerae "is dedicated to Karin Meiβner, for her great contribution to polychaete taxonomy". [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eupolymnia meissnerae Lavesque, Daffe, Londoño-Mesa & Hutchings, 2021. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1540924 on 2026-08-17
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2021-09-16 02:10:03Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5038(1): 1-63., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5038.1
page(s): 25, figures 2C, 10–11; note: Bay of Brest, Brittany, France [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNHN MNHN-IA-TYPE 2024, geounit Bay of Brest [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: Eupolymnia meissnerae "is dedicated to Karin Meiβner, for her great contribution to polychaete taxonomy". [details]

Type locality Bay of Brest, Brittany, France, 48.3153, -4.3647 (48°18’55”N 4°21’53”W), depth 5 m [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eupolymnia meissnerae) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
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