WoRMS taxon details
Macelloides Uschakov, 1957
174528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174528)
accepted
Genus
Macelloides antarctica Uschakov, 1957 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Uschakov, P. V. (1957). [On the polychaete worms fauna (Polychaeta) of the Arctic and Antarctic]. K faune mnogoshchetinkovikh chervei (Polychaeta) Arkitki i Antarktiki. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 36(11): 1659-1672.
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macelloides Uschakov, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174528 on 2025-04-18
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2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Uschakov, P. V. (1957). [On the polychaete worms fauna (Polychaeta) of the Arctic and Antarctic]. K faune mnogoshchetinkovikh chervei (Polychaeta) Arkitki i Antarktiki. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 36(11): 1659-1672.
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taxonomy source
Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors
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Grammatical gender Macelloides is feminine because Uschakov treated it as feminine by using a feminine ending on the adjectival specific name, antarctica. Although Antarctica is a feminine noun as a Latin place name, here it most probably was used as an Latin adjective to which the alternative masculine was antarcticus. Evidence to the contrary is lacking, and antarcticensis was another adjectival possibility for a species named for a place name. Additionally, Uschakov (1955) had earlier used feminine adjectives for his genus Macellicephaloides, thus indicating he regarded -oides endings as feminine (they were either, but are now deemed to be masculine, if other indications of gender are lacking (ICZN Art.30.1.4.4). [details]
