WoRMS name details
Megachone Johnson, 1901
325896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325896)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonymy of type species)
Genus
Megachone aurantiaca Johnson, 1901 accepted as Chone aurantiaca (Johnson, 1901) (type by monotypy)
- Species Megachone aurantiaca Johnson, 1901 accepted as Chone aurantiaca (Johnson, 1901) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 430 [details]
page(s): 430 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Megachone Johnson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325896 on 2026-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 430 [details]
page(s): 430 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Banse, Karl. (1972). Redescription of some species of <i>Chone</i> Kröyer and <i>Euchone</i> Malmgren, and three new species (Sabellidae, Polychaeta). <em>Fishery Bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.</em> 70(2): 459-495., available online at https://fisherybulletin.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1972/702/banse.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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