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Deep-Sea taxon detailsMicromaldane Mesnil, 1897
129356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129356)
accepted
Genus
marine,
recent only
feminine
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Etudes de morphologie externe chez les Annélides (suite). III Formes intermédiaires entre les Maldaniens et les Arénicoliens. <em>Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 144-167, plate 6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721780
page(s): 146, plate 6, figures 1-4, text figures 1-2; note: For Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897 [details] 
Etymology Not stated. Micromaldane is presumably so named because of the small size (4 mm) of an adult maldanid of this species.
Etymology Not stated. Micromaldane is presumably so named because of the small size (4 mm) of an adult maldanid of this species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129356 on 2025-03-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129356 on 2025-03-03
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original description
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Etudes de morphologie externe chez les Annélides (suite). III Formes intermédiaires entre les Maldaniens et les Arénicoliens. <em>Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 144-167, plate 6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721780
page(s): 146, plate 6, figures 1-4, text figures 1-2; note: For Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897 [details] taxonomy source Darbyshire, Teresa. 2013. A new species of Micromaldane (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the Falkland Islands, southwestern Atlantic, with notes on reproduction. Zootaxa 3683(4): 439–446. page(s): 440 [details] additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) note: checklist listing. [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Micromaldane is presumably so named because of the small size (4 mm) of an adult maldanid of this species. [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Assumed to be feminine as type species adjectival name has feminine suffix as do later adjectival names. It is not known what gender was intended for the foundation earlier genus Maldane Grube, or what the derivation of the name was. [details] |
