Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae > Genus Malacoceros

Malacoceros girardi Quatrefages, 1843

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Malacoceros*	Quatrefages, 1843	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Malacoceros girardii*	[auctt.]	orthographic variant
*Malacoceros girardii*	[auctt.]	synonym
*Scolelepis girardi*	(Quatrefages, 1843)	synonym

Literature

original description	Quatrefages, Armand de 1843. Description de quelques especes nouvelles d'Annelides errantes recueillies sur les cotes de la Manche. Magasin de Zoologie Paris, Ser. 2, 5: 1-16.
basis of record	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
source of synonymy	Fauvel, P. 1927. Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. 1-494. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.
status source	Sikorski, Andrew V. 1994. [Malacoceros (Polychaeta, Spionidae) in the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(5): 21-35

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Malacoceros girardi. 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:338471