Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Macellicephala (Macellicephala)

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RAS taxon details

Macellicephala (Macellicephala)

AphiaID

325623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325623)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Macellicephala McIntosh, 1885

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Species Macellicephala (Macellicephala) nigra (Hartman, 1967) accepted as Bathyeliasona nigra (Hartman, 1967) (superseded subsequent combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macellicephala (Macellicephala). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325623 on 2025-09-13

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Macellicephala (Macellicephala). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325623 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-11 10:36:40Z

created

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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Sources (1)

status source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1974). Die Unterfamilie Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (Polynoidae, Polychaeta). Mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art, <i>Macellicephala jameensis</i> n.sp., aus einem Höhlengewässer von Lanzarote (Kanarische Inseln). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 71: 75-85.
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