WoRMS name details

Sigalion ovigerum Monro, 1924 [original spelling]

338377  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338377)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Sigalionidae (Family)
  9. Sigalioninae (Subfamily)
  10. Sigalion (Genus)
  11. Sigalion ovigerum (Species)
 unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (gender agreement))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro Charles C. A. (1924). On the polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Alert', 1881-1882. Families Polynoidae, Sigalionidae, and Eunicidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 36: 37-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb02207.x
page(s): 47; note: original epithet spelling is neuter "Sigalion ovigerum", but Sigalion is masculine, hence subsequently corrected to oviger [details] 
Note "Sow and Pig’s Bank, Port Jackson", Sydney,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Sow and Pig’s Bank, Port Jackson", Sydney, New South Wales [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion ovigerum Monro, 1924 [original spelling]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338377 on 2025-04-09
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-06-15 04:54:29Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Monro Charles C. A. (1924). On the polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Alert', 1881-1882. Families Polynoidae, Sigalionidae, and Eunicidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 36: 37-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb02207.x
page(s): 47; note: original epithet spelling is neuter "Sigalion ovigerum", but Sigalion is masculine, hence subsequently corrected to oviger [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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
note: gender-based spelling update to S. oviger [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1962). Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49. 43. Polychaeta Errantia. <em>Acta Universitets Arsskrift.</em> (Avd.2) 57(12): 1-137. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender Sigalion is masculine, not neuter (fide Mackie & Chambers, 1990) hence overigum becomes oviger [details]

Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]

Type locality "Sow and Pig’s Bank, Port Jackson", Sydney, New South Wales [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 

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