Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae > Genus Malacoceros

Malacoceros jirkovi Sikorski, 1993

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Malacoceros*	Quatrefages, 1843	accepted genus name
*Colobranchus*	Schmarda, 1861	generic synonym

Literature

original description	Sikorski, Andrey V. (1993). [A new species of Malacoceros (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Norwegian Sea]. Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas. 43(51): 105-108.
redescription	Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic. Zootaxa. 3786(3): 201-245.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
new combination reference	Sikorski, Andrey V. (2013). New combination for Malacoceros jirkovi and a key for Spio (Polychaeta: Annelida) from Norwegian waters and adjacent Arctic areas. Zoosystematica Rossica. 22(2): 172-180.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Malacoceros jirkovi Sikorski, 1993. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156232