Deep-Sea taxon details
Melinnides rostrata Wesenberg-Lund, 1950
336186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336186)
accepted
Species
Melinnexis rostrata (Wesenberg-Lund, 1950) (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
Type locality contained in Greenlandic part of Baffin Bay
, Note Atlantic Ocean, W of Greenland
type locality contained in Greenlandic part of Baffin Bay [details]
From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, W of Greenland [details]
Taxonomy Wesenberg-Lund (1950) clearly indicated Melinnides and its type species M rostrata were based on a single deteriorated...
Taxonomy Wesenberg-Lund (1950) clearly indicated Melinnides and its type species M rostrata were based on a single deteriorated specimen, but Jirkov (2018) regards the taxa as valid, although Day (1964) treated the genus name as a synonym of Melinnopsis. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Melinnides rostrata Wesenberg-Lund, 1950. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2021) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: http://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336186 on 2021-03-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2021). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melinnides rostrata Wesenberg-Lund, 1950. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336186 on 2021-03-07
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Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Wesenberg-Lund (1950) clearly indicated Melinnides and its type species M rostrata were based on a single deteriorated specimen, but Jirkov (2018) regards the taxa as valid, although Day (1964) treated the genus name as a synonym of Melinnopsis. [details]From other sources
Specimen Zoological Museum, Copenhagen [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, W of Greenland [details]
