North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS)

WoRMS taxon details

Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851)

AphiaID

129804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129804)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melinna Malmgren, 1866

Original name

Sabellides cristata M. Sars, 1851

Synonymised names

Sabellides cristata M. Sars, 1851 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

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Subspecies Melinna cristata australis Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
Subspecies Melinna cristata heterodonta Moore, 1923 accepted as Melinna heterodonta Moore, 1923 (superseded original combination, raised to species rank)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sabellides cristata M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 205-206 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...

Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); Cobscook Bay to Cape Cod [details]

Taxonomy Subfamily: Melinninae, according to Trott (2004).

Taxonomy Subfamily: Melinninae, according to Trott (2004). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129804 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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original description (of Sabellides cristata M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 205-206 [details]

taxonomy source Gunton, Laetitia M.; Zhang, William; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Hutchings, Pat A. (2023). New species of Melinna (Melinnidae, Annelida) from the Australian abyss with comments on M. albicincta, M. cristata and M. elisabethae. Records of the Australian Museum. 75(3): 125-154., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/gunton-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-125154/
page(s): 135, figures 9-12; note: description including photos and SEM of an Australian Museum specimen from Kosterfjord, Sweden [details] Available for editors

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

context source (HKRMS) Fong, C. W. (1998). Some aspects of the ecology of the seagrass Zostera japonica in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]

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.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: Checklist listing [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors

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redescription Mackie, Anderew S Y; Pleijel, Fredrik. (1995). A review of the Melinna cristata - species Group (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) in the northeastern Atlantic. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 92 (supplement): 103-124.
page(s): 104; note: Neotype [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 371-372, plate XX fig. 50 [details]