Deep-Sea taxon details
Sigalion squamosus Delle Chiaje, 1830
131073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131073)
accepted
Species
Sigalion squamatum [auct misspelling of squamosum] · unaccepted (misspelling by Claparede, 1868)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1829 1830 1831). [POLYCHAETA context] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. <em>[book series].</em> Volume IV. i-viii, 1-214. Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica. Napoli. Plates in a separate volume of 1830., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40485
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion squamosus Delle Chiaje, 1830. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131073 on 2026-07-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sigalion squamosus Delle Chiaje, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131073 on 2026-07-03
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(of ) delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1829 1830 1831). [POLYCHAETA context] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. <em>[book series].</em> Volume IV. i-viii, 1-214. Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica. Napoli. Plates in a separate volume of 1830., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40485
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Muir, Alex I. (1989). Species of the genus Sigalion (Annelida: Polychaeta) reported from north-west European waters, with a note on the authorship of the generic name. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 30: 339-345. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
page(s): plate 96, Sigalion squamosum on Fig. 3, 11 & 12; note: no location, no descriptive text [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Muir, Alex I. (1989). Species of the genus Sigalion (Annelida: Polychaeta) reported from north-west European waters, with a note on the authorship of the generic name. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 30: 339-345. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
