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Polychaeta taxon detailsChloeia mezianei Salazar-Vallejo, 2023
1636997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1636997)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Revision of <em>Chloeia</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5238(1): 1-134., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5238.1.1
page(s): 84, figures 3, 39, 40; note: Loos Archipelago, between Tamara (= Fotoba) Island, 9.4856, -13.8233 (09°29´08″ N, 13°49´24″ W) and Coral Island, Gulf of Guinea, Guinea [the geolocation numerics are terrestrial when mapped] [details] Available for editors  [request]
Note Loos Archipelago, between Tamara (= Fotoba)...
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Type locality Loos Archipelago, between Tamara (= Fotoba) Island, 9.4856, -13.8233 (09°29´08″ N, 13°49´24″ W) and Coral Island, Gulf of Guinea, Guinea, western Africa [the geolocation numerics are terrestrial on the island when mapped] [details]
Description Live pigmentation is not yet known but a dark dorsal band is present when preserved.
Description Live pigmentation is not yet known but a dark dorsal band is present when preserved. [details] Distribution West Africa. Chloeia mezianei is recorded from Cape Vert, Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast,...
Distribution West Africa. Chloeia mezianei is recorded from Cape Vert, Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo to Angola, in sediments from the intertidal to 75 m water depth [details] Etymology Chloeia mezianei is named after Dr Tarik Meziane, curator of Annelida in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Etymology Chloeia mezianei is named after Dr Tarik Meziane, curator of Annelida in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chloeia mezianei Salazar-Vallejo, 2023. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636997 on 2026-10-08
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Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Revision of <em>Chloeia</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5238(1): 1-134., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5238.1.1
page(s): 84, figures 3, 39, 40; note: Loos Archipelago, between Tamara (= Fotoba) Island, 9.4856, -13.8233 (09°29´08″ N, 13°49´24″ W) and Coral Island, Gulf of Guinea, Guinea [the geolocation numerics are terrestrial when mapped] [details] Available for editors [request]From editor or global species database
Description Live pigmentation is not yet known but a dark dorsal band is present when preserved. [details]Distribution West Africa. Chloeia mezianei is recorded from Cape Vert, Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo to Angola, in sediments from the intertidal to 75 m water depth [details] Etymology Chloeia mezianei is named after Dr Tarik Meziane, curator of Annelida in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [details] Identification Previous misidentifications by Grube 1877 and Malaquin 1894 of Chloeia flava, and by Fauvel 1913 of Chloeia modesta, and by Monro, 1930 and others of Chloeia viridis are attributed to this species by Salazar-Vallejo [details] Type locality Loos Archipelago, between Tamara (= Fotoba) Island, 9.4856, -13.8233 (09°29´08″ N, 13°49´24″ W) and Coral Island, Gulf of Guinea, Guinea, western Africa [the geolocation numerics are terrestrial on the island when mapped] [details] |
