Deep-Sea taxon details
Macellicephala mirabilis (McIntosh, 1885)
130807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130807)
accepted
Species
Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 121-122, Pl. XVI fig. 1, Pl. XIIA figs. 9-11; note: McIntosh uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 121-122, Pl. XVI fig. 1, Pl. XIIA figs. 9-11; note: McIntosh uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Holotype (of Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis...
Holotype (of Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis McIntosh, 1885) BM BMNH 1885: 12: 1: 100, geounit New Zealand North [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.100, geounit New Zealand [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macellicephala mirabilis (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130807 on 2026-08-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Macellicephala mirabilis (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130807 on 2026-08-24
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original description
(of Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 121-122, Pl. XVI fig. 1, Pl. XIIA figs. 9-11; note: McIntosh uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. <em>Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.</em> 44: 279-313. [details] Available for editors
additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 100 [details]
source of synonymy Eliason, Anders. (1951). Polychaeta. <em>Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948.</em> 2(11): 130-148, plates 1-2. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 121-122, Pl. XVI fig. 1, Pl. XIIA figs. 9-11; note: McIntosh uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. <em>Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.</em> 44: 279-313. [details] Available for editors
additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 100 [details]
source of synonymy Eliason, Anders. (1951). Polychaeta. <em>Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948.</em> 2(11): 130-148, plates 1-2. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis McIntosh, 1885) BM BMNH 1885: 12: 1: 100, geounit New Zealand North [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.100, geounit New Zealand [details]
