Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Polynoidae > Subfamily Polynoinae > Genus Melaenis

Melaenis loveni Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelaenisMalmgren, 1866accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Malmgren, A. J. 1865. Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm, 22(1): 51-110.

basis of record

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: pp. 214-231

additional source

Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta

additional source

Pettibone, Marian H. 1954. Marine polychaete worms from Point Barrow, Alaska, with aditional records from the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 103(3324): 203-356.

redescription

Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Fauchald, K. (2014). Melaenis loveni Malmgren, 1866. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130819

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-03-26 by Kristian Fauchald

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