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Polychaeta name details

Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934

329303  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329303)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24733838
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details] 
Holotype  USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands  
Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329303 on 2026-06-12
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2025-05-28 01:10:37Z
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original description Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24733838
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 94; note: with Laetmonice hystrix (as Hermione) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Type locality Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands [details]