WoRMS taxon details
Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928)
209864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209864)
accepted
Species
Malacoceros punctatus (Hartman, 1961) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Scolecolepis indica (Fauvel, 1928) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Scolelepis indica Fauvel, 1928 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Spio punctata Hartman, 1961 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Scolelepis indica Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 93-94, fig. 2g-m [details]
page(s): 93-94, fig. 2g-m [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Mannar
type locality contained in Gulf of Mannar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Shallow water (Lizard Island, Australia; Bahamas; Puerto Rico); shallow subtidal, 5 m to 11-18 m (Philippines; Golfo de...
Distribution Australia (Queensland; New South Wales); New Caledonia; Philippines (Aklan province); Japan; India; SW Africa; Caribbean Sea;...
Depth range Shallow water (Lizard Island, Australia; Bahamas; Puerto Rico); shallow subtidal, <5 m to 11-18 m (Philippines; Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica); shallow water to 159 m depth (Japan). [details]
Distribution Australia (Queensland; New South Wales); New Caledonia; Philippines (Aklan province); Japan; India; SW Africa; Caribbean Sea;...
Distribution Australia (Queensland; New South Wales); New Caledonia; Philippines (Aklan province); Japan; India; SW Africa; Caribbean Sea; Chile; USA (Southern California; Massachusetts to Georgia); Costa Rica (Golfo de Nicoya). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209864 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Spio punctata Hartman, 1961) Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802 [details]
original description (of Scolelepis indica Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 93-94, fig. 2g-m [details]
basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 76: 89-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970 [details] Available for editors
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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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida: ‘Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Malacoceros</em>, <em>Scolelepis</em>, <em>Spio</em>, <em>Microspio</em>, and <em>Spiophanes</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 378-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.15
page(s): 383-386, fig. 1 [details]
redescription Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf
page(s): 10-13, figs. 6-7 [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
original description (of Scolelepis indica Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 93-94, fig. 2g-m [details]
basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 76: 89-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida: ‘Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Malacoceros</em>, <em>Scolelepis</em>, <em>Spio</em>, <em>Microspio</em>, and <em>Spiophanes</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 378-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.15
page(s): 383-386, fig. 1 [details]
redescription Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf
page(s): 10-13, figs. 6-7 [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 1096797, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype USNM 1096798, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype USNM 1096799, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype USNM 1096800, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype USNM 1096801, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype ZRC 2006.0221, geounit Aklan [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water (Lizard Island, Australia; Bahamas; Puerto Rico); shallow subtidal, <5 m to 11-18 m (Philippines; Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica); shallow water to 159 m depth (Japan). [details]Distribution Australia (Queensland; New South Wales); New Caledonia; Philippines (Aklan province); Japan; India; SW Africa; Caribbean Sea; Chile; USA (Southern California; Massachusetts to Georgia); Costa Rica (Golfo de Nicoya). [details]
Habitat Sandy beaches, between seagrasses and mangroves, shallow sandy bottoms with Thalassia beds, and subtidal habitats with muddy sand or sand. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツノスピオ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Spio punctata Hartman, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Scolelepis indica Fauvel, 1928)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (46 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Spio punctata Hartman, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Scolelepis indica Fauvel, 1928)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (46 records)
To ITIS
