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Polychaeta taxon details

Monroika Hartman, 1951

325079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325079)

accepted
Genus
Manayunkia africana Monro, 1939 accepted as Monroika africana (Monro, 1939) (type by original designation)
Brandtika Jones, 1974 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

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Hartman, Olga. (1951). Fabricinae (feather-duster polychaetous annelids) in the Pacific. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5(4): 379-391., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8871
page(s): 389 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Etymology Not stated but clearly named after Monro who described Monroika africana in Manayunkia. Feminine as Hartman does not adjust...  
Etymology Not stated but clearly named after Monro who described Monroika africana in Manayunkia. Feminine as Hartman does not adjust 'africana' to masculine (assuming africana was an adjective - it could be a noun.) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Monroika Hartman, 1951. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325079 on 2026-09-29
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2010-09-12 20:35:08Z
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2021-05-03 02:50:01Z
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2021-09-29 08:23:46Z
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2025-07-17 22:36:49Z
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original description Hartman, Olga. (1951). Fabricinae (feather-duster polychaetous annelids) in the Pacific. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5(4): 379-391., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8871
page(s): 389 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Brandtika Jones, 1974) Jones, Meredith L. (1974). <i>Brandtika asiatica</i> new genus, new species, from Southeastern Asia and a redescription of <i>Monroika africana</i> (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 87(20): 217-230., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34672908
page(s): 221-223 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Bick, Andreas; Armendáriz, Laura. (2021). A new freshwater fabriciid species (Sabellida, Fabriciidae) from the Uruguay River, Argentina, with some remarks on the relationships of <em>Monroika </em>Hartman, 1951, <em>Manayunkia </em>Bourne, 1884 and <em>Brandtika </em>Jones, 1974. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 187-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.6 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Bick, Andreas; Bastrop, Ralf. (2025). Revision of the genus Manayunkia Leidy, 1859, and establishment of two subfamilies within Fabriciidae (Annelida, Sabellida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5661(1): 1-58., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5661.1.1
note: Bick & Bastrop (2025) move Monroika from Fabriciinae to Manayunkiinae [ [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jones, Meredith L. (1974). <i>Brandtika asiatica</i> new genus, new species, from Southeastern Asia and a redescription of <i>Monroika africana</i> (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 87(20): 217-230., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34672908
page(s): 218-219; note: genus emended [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Fitzhugh, Kirk. (1992). On the systematic position of Monroika africana (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) and a description of a new fabriciin genus and species from Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 105(1): 116-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35607285
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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Classification Bick & Bastrop (2025) move Monroika from Fabriciinae to Manayunkiinae [details]

Etymology Not stated but clearly named after Monro who described Monroika africana in Manayunkia. Feminine as Hartman does not adjust 'africana' to masculine (assuming africana was an adjective - it could be a noun.) [details]
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