Deep-Sea taxon details
Macrochaeta Grube, 1850
129141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129141)
accepted
Genus
- Species Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913
- Species Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962 accepted as Actaedrilus polyonyx (Eliason, 1962) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Macrochaeta is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large', 'long' or...
Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently...
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Macrochaeta is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large', 'long' or 'great', and the Greek word chaeta, meaning 'hair', and presumably refers to the big size of the neuropodial chaetae. [details]
Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently...
Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently replaced by a junior synonym, genus Vejdovskyella Michaelsen, 1903). There is also a botany Macrochaeta E.G. von Steudel, 1854 in Poaceae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macrochaeta Grube, 1850. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129141 on 2025-05-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Macrochaeta Grube, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129141 on 2025-05-10
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Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
identification resource Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2609-2610; note: includes a dicotomic key for all the hitherto known species [details]
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
identification resource Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2609-2610; note: includes a dicotomic key for all the hitherto known species [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated. The generic name Macrochaeta is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large', 'long' or 'great', and the Greek word chaeta, meaning 'hair', and presumably refers to the big size of the neuropodial chaetae. [details]Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently replaced by a junior synonym, genus Vejdovskyella Michaelsen, 1903). There is also a botany Macrochaeta E.G. von Steudel, 1854 in Poaceae. [details]
