RAS taxon details
Melinnoides nelsoni Benham, 1927
173111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173111)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 115-117, plate III figs. 73-81 [details]
page(s): 115-117, plate III figs. 73-81 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melinnoides nelsoni Benham, 1927. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173111 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Melinnoides nelsoni Benham, 1927. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173111 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. <em>British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology.</em> 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
page(s): 115-117, plate III figs. 73-81 [details]
additional source Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf
page(s): 83 [paraphrase of original description. No new material] [details] Available for editors
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
status source Jirkov, I. A. and Leontovitch, M. K. (2013). Identification keys for Terebellomorpha (Polychaeta) of the eastern Atlantic and the North Polar basin. Invertebrate Zoology [aka Zoologiya Bespozvonochnykh]. 10 (2): 217 - 243., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/10_2/invert10_2_217_243%20_irkov.pdf
page(s): 228 [perhaps an Auchenoplax, but type is missing] [details]
page(s): 115-117, plate III figs. 73-81 [details]
additional source Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf
page(s): 83 [paraphrase of original description. No new material] [details] Available for editors
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
status source Jirkov, I. A. and Leontovitch, M. K. (2013). Identification keys for Terebellomorpha (Polychaeta) of the eastern Atlantic and the North Polar basin. Invertebrate Zoology [aka Zoologiya Bespozvonochnykh]. 10 (2): 217 - 243., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/10_2/invert10_2_217_243%20_irkov.pdf
page(s): 228 [perhaps an Auchenoplax, but type is missing] [details]
