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Polychaeta taxon details

Metaxypsamma Wolf, 1986

325019  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325019)

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Genus
Metaxypsamma uebelackerae Wolf, 1986 (type by original designation)

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Wolf, Paul S. (1986). A new genus and species of interstitial Sigalionidae and a report on the presence of venom glands in some scale-worm families (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(1): 79-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595540
page(s): 79-80 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Etymology "... derived from the Greek Metaxy, between, and psammos, sand, referring to the interstitial habitat of the type-species."...  
Etymology "... derived from the Greek Metaxy, between, and psammos, sand, referring to the interstitial habitat of the type-species." Gender feminine. [details]

Taxonomy Originally placed in Sigalionidae by Wolf (1986).  
Taxonomy Originally placed in Sigalionidae by Wolf (1986). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Metaxypsamma Wolf, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325019 on 2024-04-23
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2010-10-20 00:20:00Z
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2023-04-04 13:43:31Z
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original description Wolf, Paul S. (1986). A new genus and species of interstitial Sigalionidae and a report on the presence of venom glands in some scale-worm families (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(1): 79-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595540
page(s): 79-80 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Pettibone, M. H. 1992. Contribution to the polychaete family Pholoidae Kinberg. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 532: 1-24., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5683
page(s): 21 [details]   
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Etymology "... derived from the Greek Metaxy, between, and psammos, sand, referring to the interstitial habitat of the type-species." Gender feminine. [details]

Taxonomy Originally placed in Sigalionidae by Wolf (1986). [details]