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Micromaldane Mesnil 1897

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Genus Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897

Genus Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897: 146. Type species: M. ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897: 146 –148, pl. 6, figs. 1–4.

1. Micromaldane androgyne Rouse, 1990: 211 –212, figs. 1a–i; 5a–b. Holotype: AM W 20207. Paratypes: AM W 20208, AM W 20209, BMNH ZB 1990 4–7, ZMH P 20208. Type locality: Australia. Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

2. Micromaldane bispinosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1960: 221, pl. 21, figs. 182–185. Holotype: not mentioned in original description. Type locality: Red Sea.

Micromaldane bispinosa: Hartman, 1965a: 69, catalogue; Rouse 1990: 210, key. Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

3. Micromaldane jonesi Kumaraswamy Achari, 1970: 269 –273, figs. 1a–f, 2a–h. Holotype: CMFRI 155. Paratypes: CMFRI 156. Type locality: Gulf of Mannar, India.

Micromaldane jonesi Rouse, 1990: 212, key.

Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

4. Micromaldane nutricula Rouse, 1990: 212 –214, figs. 2a–k, 5c–e. Holotype: AM W 20210. Paratypes: AM W 20211, AM W 20212, BMNH ZB 1990 8–11, ZMH P–20209. Type locality: Australia. Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

5. Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897: 146 –148, pl. 6 figs 1–4. Type: DBAUL, number not mentioned; SAM A 20319. Type locality: France.

Micromaldane ornithochaeta: Rioja 1925: 22 –30, figs. 1–3; Berkeley and Berkeley 1962: 572; Hartman 1966: 67, pl. 22, figs. 1–5; Kumaraswamy Achari 1970: 269, key; Amoureux 1974: 220; Hobson and Banse 1981: 17, fig. 17a; Rouse 1990: 210, key; Branch 1994: 9; Jiménez-Cueto and Salazar-Vallejo 1997: 1462, figs. 2a–e; Pascual et al. 2001: 57 –58, fig. 1a–e; Gherardi, et al., 2002: 133 –143, figs. 1a–d.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic, from Ireland to Canary Islands; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Eastern Pacific; Antarctic Ocean.

6. Micromaldane pamelae Rouse, 1990: 214 –216, figs. 3a–l, 5f–h. Holotype: AM W 20213. Paratypes: AM W 20214, AM W 20215, BMNH ZB 1990 12–15, ZMH P–20210. Type locality: Australia.

Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

7. Micromaldane rubrospermatheca Rouse, 1990: 216 –219, figs. 4a–l, 5i –k. Holotype: AM W 20216. Paratypes: AM W 20217, AM W 20218.

Type locality: Australia.

Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

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Published as part of Assis, José Eriberto De, Alonso, Carmen & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2007, A catalogue and taxonomic keys of the Subfamily Nicomachinae (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) of the world, pp. 41-55 in Zootaxa 1657 on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179863

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Maldanidae
Genus
Micromaldane
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Mesnil
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897 sec. Assis, Alonso & Christoffersen, 2007

References

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  • Rouse, G. W. (1990) Four new species of Micromaldane (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 42, 209 - 219.
  • Hartmann-Schroder, G. (1960) Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschung, 16, 69 - 125.
  • Hartman, O. (1965 a) Catalogue of the Polychaeta annelids of the world. Allan Hancock Publications, 23, 1 - 197.
  • Kumarasawmy Achari, G. P. (1970) Studies on new or little known polychaetes from the Indian Seas. 2. Micromaldane jonesi n. sp. (Maldanidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 10, 269 - 273.
  • Rioja, E. (1925) Observaciones sobre Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil. Boletn de la Real Sociedad Espaola, 25, 22 - 30.
  • Berkeley, E. & Berkeley, C. (1962) Polychaeta from British Columbia, with a note an some Western Canadian arctic forms. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 40, 571 - 577.
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  • Amoureux, L. (1974) Annlides polychtes du banc Le Danois. Campagnes 1971 de la Thalassa (octubre). Boletin da la Real Sociedad Espaola de Historia Natural, 72, 101 - 127.
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  • Jimenez-Cueto, M. S. & Salazar-Vallejo, S. I. (1997) Maldnidos (Polychaeta) del Caribe Mexicano con una clave para las especies del Gran Caribe. Revista de Biologa Tropical, 45 (4), 1459 - 1480.
  • Pascual, M., Nez, J., Brito Y., M. C. & Riera, R. (2001) Escolcidos (Polychaeta: Scolecida) endobiontes de esponjas de Canrias y Madeira. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 7 (3 - 4), 55 - 65.
  • Gherardi, M., Gravina, M. F. & Giangrande, A. (2002) Note Tassonomiche ed Ecologique su Micromaldane ornithochaeta (Polychaeta, Maldanidae), Rinventura Lungo Le Costa Italiane Meridionale. Thalassia Salentia, 26, 133 - 143.