WoRMS name details
Melinnexis monocera (Augener, 1906)
333998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333998)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Melinnexis Annenkova, 1931 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
Melinna monocera Augener, 1906 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Melinna monocera Augener, 1906) Augener, H. 1906. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and on the east coast of the United States, 1877 to 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake, Lieut. Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. 42. Westindische Polychaeten. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43(4): 91-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295058 [details]
Type locality contained in Lesser Antilles
type locality contained in Lesser Antilles [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Melinnexis monocera (Augener, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333998 on 2026-01-07
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Nomenclature
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(of Melinna monocera Augener, 1906) Augener, H. 1906. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and on the east coast of the United States, 1877 to 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake, Lieut. Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. 42. Westindische Polychaeten. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43(4): 91-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295058 [details]
basis of record Annenkova, Nadezhda Pavlovna. (1931). Zur Polychaetenfauna von Franz-Joseph-Land (<i>Melinnexis</i> gen. nov. <i>arctica</i> sp. nov.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 95(9/10): 269-272. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Annenkova, Nadezhda Pavlovna. (1931). Zur Polychaetenfauna von Franz-Joseph-Land (<i>Melinnexis</i> gen. nov. <i>arctica</i> sp. nov.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 95(9/10): 269-272. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
