WoRMS name details
Megalomma messapicum Giangrande & Licciano, 2008
578791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578791)
unaccepted (superseded original combination, genus is a replaced homonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M. (2008). Revision of the species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of <i>M. messapicum</i> n.sp. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 75(2): 207-217., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000801913124
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11020, verbatimGeounit Brindisi,...
, Note Brindisi, S. Italy, Adriatic Sea, 10m, rocky...
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11020, verbatimGeounit Brindisi, Italy, Adr... [details]
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Type locality Brindisi, S. Italy, Adriatic Sea, 10m, rocky bottom, Gravina leg 1987, estimated geocoordinates 40.6548 N, 17.9777 E, [details]
Etymology Named after the ancient name of the South Apulia where it has been collected.
Etymology Named after the ancient name of the South Apulia where it has been collected. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Megalomma messapicum Giangrande & Licciano, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578791 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M. (2008). Revision of the species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of <i>M. messapicum</i> n.sp. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 75(2): 207-217., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000801913124
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2017). Nomenclatural checklist for <i>Acromegalomma</i> species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a <i>nomen novum</i> replacement for the junior homonym <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson, 1926. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 677: 131-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.12030
page(s): 140; note: recombined in Acromegalomma [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2017). Nomenclatural checklist for <i>Acromegalomma</i> species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a <i>nomen novum</i> replacement for the junior homonym <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson, 1926. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 677: 131-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.12030
page(s): 140; note: recombined in Acromegalomma [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11020, verbatimGeounit Brindisi, Italy, Adr... [details]