Deep-Sea taxon details
Mucibregma Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
324768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324768)
accepted
Genus
Mucibregma spinosa Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 accepted as Mucibregma spinosum Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 (type by monotypy)
- Species Mucibregma spinosum Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
- Species Mucibregma spinosa Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 accepted as Mucibregma spinosum Fauchald & Hancock, 1981 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, spelling gender correction to correct neuter 'spinosum')
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Mucibregma is composed by the Latin prefix muci-, variant of muco- and meaning 'mucus',...
Taxonomy Kudenov (1985:339), examined the only specimen and suggested Mucibregma might be a member of Fauveliopsidae.
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Mucibregma is composed by the Latin prefix muci-, variant of muco- and meaning 'mucus', followed by the Latin noun with Greek origin bregma, meaning 'front of the head', and presumably refers to the presence of a mucus membrane encasing the body of the type species, attached anteriorly to the peristomium: ''The whole body was encased in a tough mucus membrane attached anteriorly to large glands on the peristomium'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 20). [details]
Taxonomy Kudenov (1985:339), examined the only specimen and suggested Mucibregma might be a member of Fauveliopsidae.
Taxonomy Kudenov (1985:339), examined the only specimen and suggested Mucibregma might be a member of Fauveliopsidae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Mucibregma Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. 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=324768 on 2026-03-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mucibregma Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324768 on 2026-03-06
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original description
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 20 [details]
taxonomy source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 214, figure 109; note: re-examination of the holotype, the only specimen known and confirmation the species and genus belong in Scalibregmatidae. Blake does not correct the spelling to the correct neuter ending of 'spinosu...
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status source Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611
page(s): 339 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
taxonomy source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 214, figure 109; note: re-examination of the holotype, the only specimen known and confirmation the species and genus belong in Scalibregmatidae. Blake does not correct the spelling to the correct neuter ending of 'spinosu...
re-examination of the holotype, the only specimen known and confirmation the species and genus belong in Scalibregmatidae. Blake does not correct the spelling to the correct neuter ending of 'spinosum'
status source Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611
page(s): 339 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Fauchald & Hancock (1981: 20): ''Scalibregmids with T-shaped prostomium and one peristomial segment branchiae and furcate setae absent. Setae include acicular spines and long, slender, pliable capillary setae.'' [details]Etymology Not stated. The generic name Mucibregma is composed by the Latin prefix muci-, variant of muco- and meaning 'mucus', followed by the Latin noun with Greek origin bregma, meaning 'front of the head', and presumably refers to the presence of a mucus membrane encasing the body of the type species, attached anteriorly to the peristomium: ''The whole body was encased in a tough mucus membrane attached anteriorly to large glands on the peristomium'' (Fauchald & Hancock, 1981: 20). [details]
Grammatical gender Neuter. Like Scalibregma, the type genus of the family, Mucibregma should be neuter gender as 'bregma' is a neuter Greek noun. However, Fauchald & Hancock give their sole species a feminine species-group name, spinosa. It should be 'spinosum' [details]
Taxonomy Kudenov (1985:339), examined the only specimen and suggested Mucibregma might be a member of Fauveliopsidae. [details]
