MSBIAS taxon details
Myxicola Meneghini, 1847
129537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129537)
accepted
Genus
- Species Myxicola aesthetica (Claparède, 1870)
- Species Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Myxicola polychroma Darbyshire, 2023
- Species Myxicola steenstrupii Krøyer, 1856 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unsatisfactory syntypes from two localities)
- Species Myxicola sarsii Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Renier, Stefano Andrea [posthumously as edited by Meneghini, Guiseppe]. (1847). Osservazioni postume di Zoologia Adriatica del Professore Stefano Andrea Renier, membro effettivo dell'Istituto Italiano, pubblicate per cura dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettere ed Arti a studio del membro
effettivo Prof. G. Meneghini. pp. ix, (1), 120, (2), 16 plates. Giovanni Cecchini, Venezia., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.158723
page(s): 52 ; note: based on a Koch MS fide Nomenclator Zoologicus & Grube 1855 [details]
page(s): 52 ; note: based on a Koch MS fide Nomenclator Zoologicus & Grube 1855 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Myxicola Meneghini, 1847. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129537 on 2026-07-13
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Myxicola Meneghini, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129537 on 2026-07-13
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Renier, Stefano Andrea [posthumously as edited by Meneghini, Guiseppe]. (1847). Osservazioni postume di Zoologia Adriatica del Professore Stefano Andrea Renier, membro effettivo dell'Istituto Italiano, pubblicate per cura dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettere ed Arti a studio del membro
effettivo Prof. G. Meneghini. pp. ix, (1), 120, (2), 16 plates. Giovanni Cecchini, Venezia., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.158723
page(s): 52 ; note: based on a Koch MS fide Nomenclator Zoologicus & Grube 1855 [details]
taxonomy source Tilic, Ekin; Sayyari, Erfan; Stiller, Josefin; Mirarab, Siavash; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More is needed—Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the 'flowers of the sea' (Sabellida, Annelida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 151: 106892: 1-9., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320301640
page(s): 7 of 9; note: Moved to a new classification in tribe Myxicolini of subfamily Myxicolinae [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Putignano, Matteo; Langeneck, Joachim; Giangrande, Adriana. (2024). The forgotten diversity of the genus <i>Myxicola</i> (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in North America: redescription of historical taxa and description of two new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 58(37-40): 1393-1427., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2024.2370664 [details]
taxonomy source Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110
page(s): 140-141; note: emendation of Myxicola diagnosis, synonymy of "Myxicola infundibulum" [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]
additional source Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3717(3): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.8
note: discusses nomenclatural issues [details] Available for editors
redescription Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100
page(s): 121-122; note: attributes authorship to Koch in Renier. Possibly the first adoption of Myxicola as a valid genus although in Renier/Meneghini (1847) from which Grube takes the name it is only present in a binominal ...
[details]
page(s): 52 ; note: based on a Koch MS fide Nomenclator Zoologicus & Grube 1855 [details]
taxonomy source Tilic, Ekin; Sayyari, Erfan; Stiller, Josefin; Mirarab, Siavash; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More is needed—Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the 'flowers of the sea' (Sabellida, Annelida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 151: 106892: 1-9., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320301640
page(s): 7 of 9; note: Moved to a new classification in tribe Myxicolini of subfamily Myxicolinae [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Putignano, Matteo; Langeneck, Joachim; Giangrande, Adriana. (2024). The forgotten diversity of the genus <i>Myxicola</i> (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in North America: redescription of historical taxa and description of two new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 58(37-40): 1393-1427., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2024.2370664 [details]
taxonomy source Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110
page(s): 140-141; note: emendation of Myxicola diagnosis, synonymy of "Myxicola infundibulum" [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]
additional source Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3717(3): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.8
note: discusses nomenclatural issues [details] Available for editors
redescription Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100
page(s): 121-122; note: attributes authorship to Koch in Renier. Possibly the first adoption of Myxicola as a valid genus although in Renier/Meneghini (1847) from which Grube takes the name it is only present in a binominal ...
attributes authorship to Koch in Renier. Possibly the first adoption of Myxicola as a valid genus although in Renier/Meneghini (1847) from which Grube takes the name it is only present in a binominal synonym of Tuba infundibulum, as Myxicola villosa.
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