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Malacoceros metropolis Lavesque, Daffe & Meißner in Lavesque et al, 2024
1760951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1760951)
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Lavesque, Nicolas; Nzigou, Aimé Roger; Daffe, Guillemine; Happi, Johann Ludovic Martial; Lee, Geon Hyeok; Meißner, Karin. (2024). A new species of <i>Malacoceros</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta, Canalipalpata, Spionidae) from urban waters in Gabon. <em>African Zoology.</em> Efirst: 1-16., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2355198
page(s): 5 of 17, figures 2-4; note: Gabon estuary, Gabon, South of Libreville, W Africa, latitude 0.34260, longitude 9.480280, intertidal [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5 of 17, figures 2-4; note: Gabon estuary, Gabon, South of Libreville, W Africa, latitude 0.34260, longitude 9.480280, intertidal [details] Available for editors
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Holotype SMF 32804, geounit Gabon
, Note Gabon estuary, Lowe, Gabon, South of...
Holotype SMF 32804, geounit Gabon [details]
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Type locality Gabon estuary, Lowe, Gabon, South of Libreville, W Africa, latitude 0.3426, longitude 9.4803, intertidal [details]
Etymology Malacoceros metropolis is named "from the Greek ‘meter’ mother, and - polis (f.) for city, ‘metropolis’= mother of...
Etymology Malacoceros metropolis is named "from the Greek ‘meter’ mother, and - polis (f.) for city, ‘metropolis’= mother of cities (big city); used here as a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality of the species in Libreville, being a metropolitan area. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Malacoceros metropolis Lavesque, Daffe & Meißner in Lavesque et al, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1760951 on 2024-09-25
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Lavesque, Nicolas; Nzigou, Aimé Roger; Daffe, Guillemine; Happi, Johann Ludovic Martial; Lee, Geon Hyeok; Meißner, Karin. (2024). A new species of <i>Malacoceros</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta, Canalipalpata, Spionidae) from urban waters in Gabon. <em>African Zoology.</em> Efirst: 1-16., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2355198
page(s): 5 of 17, figures 2-4; note: Gabon estuary, Gabon, South of Libreville, W Africa, latitude 0.34260, longitude 9.480280, intertidal [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 5 of 17, figures 2-4; note: Gabon estuary, Gabon, South of Libreville, W Africa, latitude 0.34260, longitude 9.480280, intertidal [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype SMF 32804, geounit Gabon [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Malacoceros metropolis is named "from the Greek ‘meter’ mother, and - polis (f.) for city, ‘metropolis’= mother of cities (big city); used here as a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality of the species in Libreville, being a metropolitan area. [details]Type locality Gabon estuary, Lowe, Gabon, South of Libreville, W Africa, latitude 0.3426, longitude 9.4803, intertidal [details]
