Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Microphthalmidae > Genus Microphthalmus

Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microphthalmus*	Mecznikow, 1865	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Metschnikoff, E. (1865). Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Chaetopoden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig. 15: 328-341.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
additional source	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.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32.
additional source	Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 31(47): 1-160.
additional source	Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
taxonomy source	Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 227(1): 1-356.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130174