WoRMS name details
Elicodasia mirabilis Laubier & Ramos, 1973
130708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130708)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (shown to be the post end of a Poecilochaetus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubier, Lucien; Ramos, Jeanete. (1973). A new genus of Poecilochaetidae (polychaetous annelids) in the Mediterranean: <i>Elicodasia mirabilis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 86(6): 69-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560209
page(s): 70-73, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 70-73, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors

Holotype , geounit Mediterranean Sea
Holotype, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
Status Mackie (1990: 360) points out that Elicodasia mirabilis is clearly the posterior end of a Poecilochaetus, and suggests it...
Status Mackie (1990: 360) points out that Elicodasia mirabilis is clearly the posterior end of a Poecilochaetus, and suggests it is strongly resembling the posterior end of P. fauchaldi, also present in the Mediterranean (Sicily). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Elicodasia mirabilis Laubier & Ramos, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130708 on 2025-04-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Laubier, Lucien; Ramos, Jeanete. (1973). A new genus of Poecilochaetidae (polychaetous annelids) in the Mediterranean: <i>Elicodasia mirabilis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 86(6): 69-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560209
page(s): 70-73, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 70-73, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (1990). The Poecilochaetidae and Trochochaetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Hong Kong. Pp. 337-362. IN: Morton, B. (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
page(s): 360; note: Points out the genus & species are actually based on a Poecilochaetus posterior end, probably of P. fauchaldi [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 360; note: Points out the genus & species are actually based on a Poecilochaetus posterior end, probably of P. fauchaldi [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]





Holotype, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Mackie (1990: 360) points out that Elicodasia mirabilis is clearly the posterior end of a Poecilochaetus, and suggests it is strongly resembling the posterior end of P. fauchaldi, also present in the Mediterranean (Sicily). [details]