Myxicola Renier in Meneghini 1847 ...

• Published in: Ethnologia Fennica
• Main Authors: Tovar-Hernández, María Ana, León-González, Jesús Ángel De, Bybee, David R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Sabellida; Sabellidae; Myxicola; Lizard Island; Montagu; Ross Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6048853; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6048853

Genus Myxicola Renier in Meneghini, 1847 Remarks. Currently there are seven valid species in Myxicola: M. aesthetica (Claparède, 1870), described from Italy; M. fauveli Potts, 1928, from Suez Canal; M. infundibulum (Montagu, 1808), from England; M. ommatophora Grube, 1878, from Philippines; M. sulcata Ehlers, 1912, from Ross Sea; M. violacea (Langerhans, 1884), from Madeira; and M. nana Capa & Murray, 2015, from Lizard Island. Among these, M. infundibulum is noted because it has been synonymized with at least 22 species (Bellan 2008) and formerly considered cosmopolitan. However, a worldwide revision of all types is needed because many features have been overlooked, such as presence/absence of radiolar eyes; shape and height of the ventral margin of the anterior peristomial ring; presence of notches on lateral margins of the anterior peristomial ring; number and size of teeth on thoracic and abdominal uncini; presence of interramal eyespots on thorax or abdominal segments; and shapes and locations of ... : Published as part of Tovar-Hernández, María Ana, León-González, Jesús Ángel De & Bybee, David R., 2017, Sabellid worms from the Patagonian Shelf and Humboldt Current System (Annelida, Sabellidae): Phyllis Knight-Jones' and José María Orensanz's collections, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 4283 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.828032 ...