WoRMS name details

Macellicephala arctica Knox, 1959

339066  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339066)

alternative representation (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knox, George A. (1959). Pelagic and benthic polychaetes of the central Arctic Basin. In: Scientific Studies at Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3, 1952-1955, edited by Vivian Bushnell [Geophysical Research Papers no. 63] 1: 105-114. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Arctic Ocean  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Arctic Ocean [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Macellicephala arctica Knox, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339066 on 2024-03-28
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Knox, George A. (1959). Pelagic and benthic polychaetes of the central Arctic Basin. In: Scientific Studies at Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3, 1952-1955, edited by Vivian Bushnell [Geophysical Research Papers no. 63] 1: 105-114. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Reyss, D. (1968). Présence en Méditerranée du genre <i>Macellicephala</i>, polychète Aphroditidae. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 19A (3): 323-328.
page(s): 323; note: Record from the Mediterranean, 750 m, 42°28' N, 3°28' E. This was a misidentification, and specimen was described as Polaruschakov reyssi in a new genus by Pettibone, 1976 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1974). Die Unterfamilie Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (Polynoidae, Polychaeta). Mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art, <i>Macellicephala jameensis</i> n.sp., aus einem Höhlengewässer von Lanzarote (Kanarische Inseln). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 71: 75-85.
note: minor rank change involving a subgenus named by Hartmann-Schröder. [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
Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality Arctic Ocean [details]