World Polychaeta Database - Maldanella McIntosh, 1885

Polychaeta taxon details

Maldanella McIntosh, 1885

AphiaID

129353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129353)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Maldanella antarctica McIntosh, 1885 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906

Original name

Maldanella antarctica McIntosh, 1885

Direct children (15)

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Species Maldanella antarctica McIntosh, 1885
Species Maldanella capensis Day, 1961
Species Maldanella catalinia (Hartman, 1969)
Species Maldanella davisi Wesenberg-Lund, 1948
Species Maldanella fibrillata Chamberlin, 1919
Species Maldanella grossa (Baird, 1871)
Species Maldanella harai (Izuka, 1902)
Species Maldanella japonica Detinova, 1982
Species Maldanella neozealaniae McIntosh, 1885
Species Maldanella niijimense Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
Species Maldanella parafibrillata Detinova, 1982
Species Maldanella robusta Moore, 1906
Species Maldanella valparaisiensis McIntosh, 1885
Species Maldanella corallicola Treadwell, 1929 accepted as Euclymene corallicola (Treadwell, 1929) (superseded original combination)
Species Maldanella fimbriata Treadwell, 1934 accepted as Metasychis fimbriatus (Treadwell, 1934) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 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): 394-396 [details]

(of Maldanella antarctica McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 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): 394-396, plate XLVII figs. 1-2, plate XXVA fig. 11; note: name misspelled as 'antarctia' in page 394, but correctly spelled as 'antarctica' in pages xx, xxxv, 392, 397, 408, 409, 541, 550 and in the captions of plates XLVII and XXVA [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Maldanella McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129353 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-03-16 08:17:10Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2023-02-07 16:46:53Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 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): 394-396 [details]

original description (of Maldanella antarctica McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 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): 394-396, plate XLVII figs. 1-2, plate XXVA fig. 11; note: name misspelled as 'antarctia' in page 394, but correctly spelled as 'antarctica' in pages xx, xxxv, 392, 397, 408, 409, 541, 550 and in the captions of plates XLVII and XXVA [details]

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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