African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS name details

Eusigalion Augener, 1918

AphiaID

325791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325791)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Eusigalion vazensis Augener, 1918 accepted as Sigalion vazensis (Augener, 1918) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Sigalioninae Kinberg, 1856

Original name

Eusigalion Augener, 1918

Direct children (4)

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Species Eusigalion hancocki Hartman, 1939 accepted as Sigalion lewisii Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939 (subjective synonym)
Species Eusigalion lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939) accepted as Thalenessa lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939) accepted as Sigalion lewisii Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939 (superseded recombination)
Species Eusigalion spinosum Hartman, 1939 accepted as Sigalion spinosus (Hartman, 1939) (superseded original combination)
Species Eusigalion vazensis Augener, 1918 accepted as Sigalion vazensis (Augener, 1918) (superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 112-113 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eusigalion Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325791 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2015-10-08 01:46:15Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2023-07-13 13:28:00Z

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Gil, João

2024-09-13 02:43:02Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 112-113 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254
page(s): 57 [details]

source of synonymy Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). Zoologica Scripta. 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors

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