WoRMS taxon details
Sigalion lewisii Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939
338339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338339)
accepted
Species
Eusigalion hancocki Hartman, 1939 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Eusigalion lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Thalenessa lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1939. On a collection of Polychaeta, chiefly from the west coast of Mexico. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 11, 3(12 figures): 321-346. [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion lewisii Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338339 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1939. On a collection of Polychaeta, chiefly from the west coast of Mexico. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 11, 3(12 figures): 321-346. [details]
original description (of Eusigalion hancocki Hartman, 1939) Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254 [details]
original description (of Eusigalion hancocki Hartman, 1939) Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 122; note: placed as a Thalenessa. This is a superseded synonymy [details] Available for editors
[request]
status source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x
page(s): 52; note: valid as original combination [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 122; note: placed as a Thalenessa. This is a superseded synonymy [details] Available for editors

status source Mackie, Andrew S. Y.; Chambers, Susan J. (1990). Revision of the type species of Sigalion, Thalenessa and Eusigalion (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(1): 39-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00239.x
page(s): 52; note: valid as original combination [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thalenessa lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records) (from synonym Thalenessa lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 32896)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 75984) (from synonym Eusigalion hancocki Hartman, 1939)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records) (from synonym Thalenessa lewisii (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1939))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 32896)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 75984) (from synonym Eusigalion hancocki Hartman, 1939)