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Sigalion squamosum Delle Chiaje, 1830

182816  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182816)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Sigalionidae (Family)
  9. Sigalioninae (Subfamily)
  10. Sigalion (Genus)
  11. Sigalion squamosum (Species)
 unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (Sigalion is masculine, not neuter, fide Mackie & Chambers (1990: 52))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1829 1830 1831). [POLYCHAETA context] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. <em>[book series].</em> Volume IV. i-viii, 1-214. Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica. Napoli. Plates in a separate volume of 1830., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40485
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Naples (Italy)  
type locality contained in Gulf of Naples (Italy) [details]
, Note Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion squamosum Delle Chiaje, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182816 on 2025-02-06
Date
action
by
2005-10-07 17:15:43Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-01-25 09:20:00Z
changed
Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2024-04-28 23:54:37Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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original description delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1829 1830 1831). [POLYCHAETA context] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. <em>[book series].</em> Volume IV. i-viii, 1-214. Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica. Napoli. Plates in a separate volume of 1830., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40485
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details] 

taxonomy source Muir, Alex I. (1989). Species of the genus Sigalion (Annelida: Polychaeta) reported from north-west European waters, with a note on the authorship of the generic name. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 30: 339-345. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

status source Aungtonya, Charatsee; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. (2014). Annotated checklist of the taxa of Sigalionidae and Pholoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special publication.</em> 32, 151-185., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268479525_Annotated_checklist_of_the_taxa_of_Sigalionidae_and_Pholoidae_%28Annelida_Polychaeta%29
page(s): 168; note: checklist record. The authors revert to the (neuter) spelling of 'squamosum' although Mackie & Chambers (1990) had correctly indicated the genus was masculine. [details] 

status source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x
note: spelling changed to 'squamosus' in agreement with the masculine genus (not neuter) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling Spelling has been corrected subsequently as Sigalion is masculine not neuter (fide Mackie & Chambers, 1990). Also 'squamatum' was widely incorrectly used for a time. [details]

Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) 
General coordination: Henning Reiss
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