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Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897

129356  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129356)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Scolecida (Infraclass)
  7. Maldanidae (Family)
  8. Nicomachinae (Subfamily)
  9. Micromaldane (Genus)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Etudes de morphologie externe chez les Annélides (suite). III Formes intermédiaires entre les Maldaniens et les Arénicoliens. <em>Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 144-167, plate 6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721780
page(s): 146, plate 6, figures 1-4, text figures 1-2; note: For Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897 [details] OpenAccess publication
Etymology Not stated. Micromaldane is presumably so named because of the small size (4 mm) of an adult maldanid of this species.  
Etymology Not stated. Micromaldane is presumably so named because of the small size (4 mm) of an adult maldanid of this species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129356 on 2025-03-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129356 on 2025-03-01
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2005-07-13 08:37:11Z
changed
Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2025-02-24 22:34:15Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

original description Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Etudes de morphologie externe chez les Annélides (suite). III Formes intermédiaires entre les Maldaniens et les Arénicoliens. <em>Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 144-167, plate 6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721780
page(s): 146, plate 6, figures 1-4, text figures 1-2; note: For Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Darbyshire, Teresa. 2013. A new species of Micromaldane (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the Falkland Islands, southwestern Atlantic, with notes on reproduction. Zootaxa 3683(4): 439–446.
page(s): 440 [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)
note: checklist listing. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Micromaldane is presumably so named because of the small size (4 mm) of an adult maldanid of this species. [details]

Grammatical gender Feminine. Assumed to be feminine as type species adjectival name has feminine suffix as do later adjectival names. It is not known what gender was intended for the foundation earlier genus Maldane Grube, or what the derivation of the name was. [details]
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