MSBIAS name details
Eulalia (Pterocirrus) microcephala Claparède, 1870
339583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339583)
uncertain > nomen dubium (type lost, description inadequate)
Species
Pterocirrus microcephala (Claparède, 1870) · uncertain > nomen dubium (recombination of nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 462, plate IX fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 462, plate IX fig. 3 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eulalia (Pterocirrus) microcephala Claparède, 1870. 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=339583 on 2026-08-08
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. Eulalia (Pterocirrus) microcephala Claparède, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339583 on 2026-08-08
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Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 462, plate IX fig. 3 [details]
additional source Cabioch, Louis, L'Hardy, Jean Paul, and Rullier, Francois. 1968. Inventaire de la Faune Marine de Roscoff. Annélides. 1-97. 2nd edition. Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff
page(s): 22 [details]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 150, 166; note: as Sige microcephala [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Augener, Hermann. (1910). Bemerkungen über einige Polychaeten von Roscoff, über zwei neue Polynoiden des Berliner Museum und über die Brutpflege von <i>Hipponoë gandichandi</i> [sic] Aud. & M.-Edw. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig.</em> 36(10/11, 12/13): 232-239, 241-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9737057
page(s): 233, 235; note: as Pterocirrus microcephala [details]
status source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 256; note: considered as 'genus uncertain' and a possible nomen dubium [details] Available for editors
page(s): 462, plate IX fig. 3 [details]
additional source Cabioch, Louis, L'Hardy, Jean Paul, and Rullier, Francois. 1968. Inventaire de la Faune Marine de Roscoff. Annélides. 1-97. 2nd edition. Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff
page(s): 22 [details]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 150, 166; note: as Sige microcephala [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Augener, Hermann. (1910). Bemerkungen über einige Polychaeten von Roscoff, über zwei neue Polynoiden des Berliner Museum und über die Brutpflege von <i>Hipponoë gandichandi</i> [sic] Aud. & M.-Edw. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig.</em> 36(10/11, 12/13): 232-239, 241-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9737057
page(s): 233, 235; note: as Pterocirrus microcephala [details]
status source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x
page(s): 256; note: considered as 'genus uncertain' and a possible nomen dubium [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality