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

Macellicephala violacea (Levinsen, 1887)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macellicephala*	McIntosh, 1885	accepted genus name

Literature

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	Wirén, Axel 1901. Über die während der schwedischen arktischen Expedition von 1898 und 1900 eingesammelten Anneliden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 24: 253.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

Fauchald, K. (2014). Macellicephala violacea (Levinsen, 1887). 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:130808