WoRMS name details
Megalomma gesae Knight-Jones, 1997
329289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329289)
unaccepted (superseded recombination, genus is a replaced homonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 [details]
Type locality contained in El Salvador Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, El Salvador
type locality contained in El Salvador Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, El Salvador [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Megalomma gesae Knight-Jones, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329289 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 [details]
basis of record Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 [details]
basis of record Knight-Jones, P. (1997). Two new species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Sabellidae) from Sinai and New Zealand with redescriptions of some types and a new genus. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(2): 313-323., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00013 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Gil, João; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2017). Nomenclatural checklist for <i>Acromegalomma</i> species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a <i>nomen novum</i> replacement for the junior homonym <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson, 1926. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 677: 131-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.12030
page(s): 138; note: recombination of replacement species name [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 138; note: recombination of replacement species name [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
