WoRMS taxon details
Macrochaeta Grube, 1850
129141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129141)
accepted
Genus
Nais clavicornis Sars, 1835 accepted as Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835) (type by monotypy)
Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Macrochaeta australiensis Kudenov, 1976
- Species Macrochaeta bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- Species Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835)
- Species Macrochaeta helgolandica Friedrich, 1937
- Species Macrochaeta leidyi (Verrill, 1882)
- Species Macrochaeta multipapillata Westheide, 1981
- Species Macrochaeta natalensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1996
- Species Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913
- Species Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969
- Species Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Species Macrochaeta westheidei Santos & Silva, 1993
- Species Macrochaeta bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 [junior homonym] accepted as Macrochaeta natalensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 (replaced junior homonym)
- Species Macrochaeta caroli Westheide, 1981 accepted as Macrochaeta bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 (objective synonym; synonymised replacement name)
- Species Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962 accepted as Actaedrilus polyonyx (Eliason, 1962) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Macrochaeta is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large', 'long' or...
Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently...
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Macrochaeta is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large', 'long' or 'great', and the Greek word chaeta, meaning 'hair', and presumably refers to the big size of the neuropodial chaetae. [details]
Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently...
Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently replaced by a junior synonym, genus Vejdovskyella Michaelsen, 1903). There is also a botany Macrochaeta E.G. von Steudel, 1854 in Poaceae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Macrochaeta Grube, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129141 on 2024-08-19
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original description
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
original description (of Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 743-744 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2609-2610; note: includes a dicotomic key for all the hitherto known species [details]
page(s): 312; note: New genus for Nais? clavicornis. There is NO diagnosis or explanation [details]
original description (of Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 743-744 [details]
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additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2609-2610; note: includes a dicotomic key for all the hitherto known species [details]
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Etymology Not stated. The generic name Macrochaeta is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large', 'long' or 'great', and the Greek word chaeta, meaning 'hair', and presumably refers to the big size of the neuropodial chaetae. [details]Homonymy Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 is the senior homonym to Macrochaeta Bretscher, 1896 in Annelida: Naididae (apparently subsequently replaced by a junior synonym, genus Vejdovskyella Michaelsen, 1903). There is also a botany Macrochaeta E.G. von Steudel, 1854 in Poaceae. [details]