African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS 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

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Species Eusigalion vazensis Augener, 1918 accepted as Sigalion vazensis (Augener, 1918) (superseded original combination)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: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325791 on 2026-03-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Eusigalion Augener, 1918. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325791 on 2026-03-01

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

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Read, Geoffrey

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Sources (3)

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 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