WoRMS name details
Megachone aurantiaca Johnson, 1901
337869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337869)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Megachone Johnson, 1901 accepted as Chone Krøyer, 1856
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsbost07unkngoog#page/n436/mode/2up
page(s): 430-431, plate 18 figs. 186-192 [details]
page(s): 430-431, plate 18 figs. 186-192 [details]
Type locality contained in Washington (State)
, Note Pacific Ocean, Washington
type locality contained in Washington (State) [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Washington [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Megachone aurantiaca Johnson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337869 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsbost07unkngoog#page/n436/mode/2up
page(s): 430-431, plate 18 figs. 186-192 [details]
page(s): 430-431, plate 18 figs. 186-192 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Banse, Karl. (1972). Redescription of some species of <i>Chone</i> Kröyer and <i>Euchone</i> Malmgren, and three new species (Sabellidae, Polychaeta). <em>Fishery Bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.</em> 70(2): 459-495., available online at https://fisherybulletin.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1972/702/banse.pdf [details] Available for editors
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