WoRMS name details
Metalaonome brunnea Treadwell, 1917
337871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337871)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Metalaonome Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira Krøyer, 1856
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, A.L. (1917). Polychaetous annelids from Florida, Porto Rico, Bermuda and the Bahamas. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 251: 255-272, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1872030
page(s): 268, plate 3, figures 24-27; note: Nassau, Bahamas. Genus misspelled as 'metalonome' for correct 'metalaonome' [details]
page(s): 268, plate 3, figures 24-27; note: Nassau, Bahamas. Genus misspelled as 'metalonome' for correct 'metalaonome' [details]
Type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, collected by...
type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, collected by Whitheld [details]
Etymology Not stated. Treadwell describes the 'very dark brown' of the base of the crown as preserved in alcohol, and we can assume...
Etymology Not stated. Treadwell describes the 'very dark brown' of the base of the crown as preserved in alcohol, and we can assume he named the species after this character, although he did not know the colour in life. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Metalaonome brunnea Treadwell, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337871 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, A.L. (1917). Polychaetous annelids from Florida, Porto Rico, Bermuda and the Bahamas. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 251: 255-272, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1872030
page(s): 268, plate 3, figures 24-27; note: Nassau, Bahamas. Genus misspelled as 'metalonome' for correct 'metalaonome' [details]
page(s): 268, plate 3, figures 24-27; note: Nassau, Bahamas. Genus misspelled as 'metalonome' for correct 'metalaonome' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x
page(s): 433 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x
page(s): 433 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated. Treadwell describes the 'very dark brown' of the base of the crown as preserved in alcohol, and we can assume he named the species after this character, although he did not know the colour in life. [details]Spelling Treadwell (1917:268) misspelled the genus as "Metalonome" (misspelling also noted by Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998)) [details]
Type locality Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, collected by Whitheld [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen American Museum of Natural History, New York [details]
