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Polychaeta name detailsMoyanus Chamberlin, 1919
1447579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1447579)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Moyanus explorans Chamberlin, 1919 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 443, 451-452; note: for Moyanus explorans from offshore Peru, very deep at 4064 metres (2222 fathoms) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Moyanus Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447579 on 2026-06-17
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 443, 451-452; note: for Moyanus explorans from offshore Peru, very deep at 4064 metres (2222 fathoms) [details] source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1960). Systematic account of some marine invertebrate animals from the deep basins off southern California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 22(2): 69-216, plates 1-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4682240 page(s): 158; note: Places Moyanus Chamberlin as synonym of Melinnexis Annenkova, 1931. This is clearly impossible due to priority of the former, but it justifies synonymy of Moyanus with Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 [details] Available for editors  [request]source of synonymy Jirkov, Igor A. (2026). Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) of the Far Eastern Seas. <em>Invertebrate Zoology (Russia).</em> 23(1): 81-99., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_23/IZ_23_1_081_099 page(s): 86; note: Jirkov places Moyanus Chambelin as a synonym of Melinna as "due to the presence of hooks and a dorsal fold, I consider [Moyanus] a synonym of Melinna,and not Melinnopsis. This is an informal synonymy... Jirkov places Moyanus Chambelin as a synonym of Melinna as "due to the presence of hooks and
a dorsal fold, I consider [Moyanus] a synonym of Melinna,and not Melinnopsis. This is an informal synonymy in text flow. The only Moyanus species is not recombined.
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Synonymy Moyanus has few usages, and Day (1964) regarded it as 'doubtful'. The Hartman (1959) catalogue has Moyanus as valid, but Hartman (1960: 158) later appears to place Moyanus Chamberlin as a synonym of Melinnexis Annenkova, 1931, although she does not do this formally. This is clearly impossible due to priority of the former name, but it may justify synonymy of Moyanus with Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885, to which Melinnexis is a synonym. Jirkov (2026) most recently places Moyanus Chambelin as a synonym of Melinna as "due to the presence of hooks and a dorsal fold, I consider [Moyanus] a synonym of Melinna,and not Melinnopsis. This is an informal synonymy in text flow. The single species Moyanus explorans is not mentioned. [details]
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