WoRMS taxon details
Melinna Malmgren, 1866
129168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129168)
accepted
Genus
Sabellides cristata M. Sars, 1851 accepted as Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851) (type by monotypy)
- Species Melinna aberrans Fauvel, 1932
- Species Melinna albicincta Mackie & Pleijel, 1995
- Species Melinna armandi McIntosh, 1885
- Species Melinna arnaudi Parapar & San Martín, 1997
- Species Melinna buskii McIntosh, 1922
- Species Melinna collare Detinova, 1985
- Species Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851)
- Species Melinna denticulata Moore, 1906
- Species Melinna elisabethae McIntosh, 1885
- Species Melinna exilia Fauchald, 1972
- Species Melinna fauchaldi Gallardo, 1968
- Species Melinna hamulus Gunton, Zhang, Kupriyanova & Hutchings, 2023
- Species Melinna heterodonta Moore, 1923
- Species Melinna maculata Webster, 1879
- Species Melinna malmgreni Caullery, 1944
- Species Melinna marchadi Fauvel & Rullier, 1959
- Species Melinna monoceroides Fauvel, 1936
- Species Melinna ochotica Uschakov, 1950
- Species Melinna oculata Hartman, 1969
- Species Melinna pacifica McIntosh, 1885
- Species Melinna palmata Grube, 1870
- Species Melinna parumdentata Ehlers, 1887
- Species Melinna plana Fauchald, 1972
- Species Melinna profunda Augener, 1906
- Species Melinna tentaculata Fauchald, 1972
- Species Melinna uruguayi Hessle, 1917
- Species Melinna adriatica Marenzeller, 1874 accepted as Melinna palmata Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Melinna dubita Hoagland, 1920 accepted as Melinnopsis dubita (Hoagland, 1920) (superseded original combination)
- Species Melinna monocera Augener, 1906 accepted as Melinnexis monocera (Augener, 1906) accepted as Melinnopsis monocera (Augener, 1906) (superseded original combination)
- Species Melinna pacifica Moore, 1923 accepted as Melinnexis moorei Hartman, 1960 accepted as Melinnopsis moorei (Hartman, 1960) (subjective synonym)
- Species Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918 (uncertain > nomen dubium, probably based on a damaged specimen)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 371 [details]
page(s): 371 [details]
Etymology unstated by Malmgren, but it seems at the time he was using ancient Greek names of women for genera. Ampharete, Samytha,...
Etymology unstated by Malmgren, but it seems at the time he was using ancient Greek names of women for genera. Ampharete, Samytha, and Melinna are Greek female names. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129168 on 2024-11-21
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Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 371 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 371 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
