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Melinna maculata Webster, 1879

157486  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157486)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Terebelliformia (Suborder)
  9. Melinnidae (Family)
  10. Melinna (Genus)
  11. Melinna maculata (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 261-262, plate X figs. 145-147 [details] 
Note Atlantic Ocean, Virginia  
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Virginia [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia to Gulf of Mexico  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia to Gulf of Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna maculata Webster, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157486 on 2025-03-10
Date
action
by
2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 261-262, plate X figs. 145-147 [details] 

basis of record Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 108-110, plate 27 figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 438-439, plate XXVIIA figs. 10-12 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia to Gulf of Mexico [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Virginia [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melinna maculata) 
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (75 records) 
To ITIS