Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > 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

MalacocerosQuatrefages, 1843accepted genus name
Colobranchus Schmarda, 1861 generic synonym

Species group names

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

Literature

original description

Quatrefages, Armand de. (1843). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles d'annélides errantes recueillies sur les côtes de la Manche. Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palaeontologie, Paris. Série 2, 5: 1-16, plates I-III.

source of synonymy

Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris. 1-494.

status source

Sikorski, Andrew V. 1994. [Malacoceros (Polychaeta, Spionidae) in the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(5): 21-35

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Malacoceros girardi Quatrefages, 1843. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338471

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2012-04-04 by Geoffrey Read

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