WoRMS taxon details
Myxicola polychroma Darbyshire, 2023
1717181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1717181)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Darbyshire, Teresa. (2023). Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (Annelida: Sabellidae) and a new species from the UK. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 900: 106-137., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2305
page(s): 122, figures 1–2, 7–11; note: Holotype from Loch Fyne; 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 122, figures 1–2, 7–11; note: Holotype from Loch Fyne; 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2019.023.0015, geounit Firth of Clyde
, Note Upper Loch Fyne, Scotland, British Isles,...
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2019.023.0015, geounit Firth of Clyde [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Upper Loch Fyne, Scotland, British Isles, 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m, sandy mud, marine [details]
Distribution author: "Found on the west and southwest coasts of the UK: west coast of Scotland, Isle of Man, west Wales and southwest...
Etymology author: Myxicola polychroma is named "polychroma" as "a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ‘poly’ (= ‘many’)...
Distribution author: "Found on the west and southwest coasts of the UK: west coast of Scotland, Isle of Man, west Wales and southwest England. A single record was received from the east coast of Scotland" [details]
Etymology author: Myxicola polychroma is named "polychroma" as "a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ‘poly’ (= ‘many’)...
Etymology author: Myxicola polychroma is named "polychroma" as "a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ‘poly’ (= ‘many’) and ‘chromos’ (= ‘colour’) referring to the three different colour variations, not just shades of a single colour, found within the species." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Myxicola polychroma Darbyshire, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1717181 on 2024-09-19
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Darbyshire, Teresa. (2023). Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (Annelida: Sabellidae) and a new species from the UK. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 900: 106-137., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2305
page(s): 122, figures 1–2, 7–11; note: Holotype from Loch Fyne; 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 122, figures 1–2, 7–11; note: Holotype from Loch Fyne; 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2019.023.0015, geounit Firth of Clyde [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution author: "Found on the west and southwest coasts of the UK: west coast of Scotland, Isle of Man, west Wales and southwest England. A single record was received from the east coast of Scotland" [details]Etymology author: Myxicola polychroma is named "polychroma" as "a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ‘poly’ (= ‘many’) and ‘chromos’ (= ‘colour’) referring to the three different colour variations, not just shades of a single colour, found within the species." [details]
Habitat Although the holotype comes from the upper reach of a sea loch connected to the Firth of Clyde there is no indication in the habitat information that the environment is other than fully marine. The ecology statement is "Subtidal from 5–35 m (occasionally deeper) in sandy mud and muddy, soft sediments." [details]
Type locality Upper Loch Fyne, Scotland, British Isles, 56.2594° N, 4.9347° W; depth 12 m, sandy mud, marine [details]
