WoRMS taxon details
Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934
329303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329303)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24733838
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details]
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details]
Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands
, Note Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands
Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melaenis tropicus Treadwell, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329303 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1934). Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. New polychaetous annelids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(8): 1-9, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24733838
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details]
page(s): 1-2, plate 1 figures 1-6 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 20031, geounit British Virgin Islands [details]
