WoRMS name details
Myrianida clavigera Schmarda, 1861
329061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329061)
uncertain > nomen dubium (not an Autolytinae)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 73, text-figs. a-c on page 73, plate XXVIII fig. 222 [details]
page(s): 73, text-figs. a-c on page 73, plate XXVIII fig. 222 [details]
Note South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Table Bay...
Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.
Etymology The specific epithet clavigera, is a Latin adjective, inflection of claviger, formed by clava ('club' or 'cudgel') and gero...
Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet clavigera, is a Latin adjective, inflection of claviger, formed by clava ('club' or 'cudgel') and gero...
Etymology The specific epithet clavigera, is a Latin adjective, inflection of claviger, formed by clava ('club' or 'cudgel') and gero ('carry' or 'bear'), meaning 'club-bearing', and makes reference to the club-shaped dorsal cirri that the species bears. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Myrianida clavigera Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329061 on 2024-04-23
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Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 73, text-figs. a-c on page 73, plate XXVIII fig. 222 [details]
additional source Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 199 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 73, text-figs. a-c on page 73, plate XXVIII fig. 222 [details]
additional source Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 199 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. [details]Editor's comment The species seems to be a member of the family Hesionidae Grube, 1850. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet clavigera, is a Latin adjective, inflection of claviger, formed by clava ('club' or 'cudgel') and gero ('carry' or 'bear'), meaning 'club-bearing', and makes reference to the club-shaped dorsal cirri that the species bears. [details]
Habitat On stones. [details]
Identification According to Nygren (2004: 199), "there is nothing in the description that connects M. clavigera to Autolytinae. Ventral cirri is present, and chaetal types are not found in Autolytinae." [details]
Type locality South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Table Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.88º, long. 18.45º). [details]
Type material Not found by Nygren (2004), probably lost. [details]
