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WoRMS taxon detailsMetaxypsamma Wolf, 1986
325019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325019)
accepted
Genus
Metaxypsamma uebelackerae Wolf, 1986 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
Wolf, Paul S. (1986). A new genus and species of interstitial Sigalionidae and a report on the presence of venom glands in some scale-worm families (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(1): 79-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595540
page(s): 79-80 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Etymology "... derived from the Greek Metaxy, between, and psammos, sand, referring to the interstitial habitat of the type-species."...
Etymology "... derived from the Greek Metaxy, between, and psammos, sand, referring to the interstitial habitat of the type-species." Gender feminine. [details] Taxonomy Originally placed in Sigalionidae by Wolf (1986).
Taxonomy Originally placed in Sigalionidae by Wolf (1986). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Metaxypsamma Wolf, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325019 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Wolf, Paul S. (1986). A new genus and species of interstitial Sigalionidae and a report on the presence of venom glands in some scale-worm families (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(1): 79-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595540 page(s): 79-80 [details] Available for editors [request]Taxonomystatus source
Pettibone, M. H. 1992. Contribution to the polychaete family Pholoidae Kinberg. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 532: 1-24., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5683
page(s): 21 [details] |
