WoRMS name details
Maldanella fimbriata Treadwell, 1934
339082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339082)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
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): 8, plate 2, figures 22-24; note: described from one specimen, from outer Caribbean, 18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W [details]
page(s): 8, plate 2, figures 22-24; note: described from one specimen, from outer Caribbean, 18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W [details]
Holotype USNM USNM: 20036, geounit Caribbean
, Note outer Caribbean, 18.3944, -60.2792 (18 23'...
Holotype USNM USNM: 20036, geounit Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality outer Caribbean, 18.3944, -60.2792 (18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W), 146-183 m. Although Puerto Rico is in the title the type locality is distant from the island itself and not deep sea by today's standards. [details]
Taxonomy Moved first to Asychis, and later to Metasychis
Taxonomy Moved first to Asychis, and later to Metasychis [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Maldanella fimbriata Treadwell, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339082 on 2025-04-16
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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): 8, plate 2, figures 22-24; note: described from one specimen, from outer Caribbean, 18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W [details]
page(s): 8, plate 2, figures 22-24; note: described from one specimen, from outer Caribbean, 18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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
page(s): 295; note: referred to genus Asychis [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 295; note: referred to genus Asychis [details] Available for editors






Holotype USNM USNM: 20036, geounit Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Moved first to Asychis, and later to Metasychis [details]Type locality outer Caribbean, 18.3944, -60.2792 (18 23' 40" N, 60 16' 45" W), 146-183 m. Although Puerto Rico is in the title the type locality is distant from the island itself and not deep sea by today's standards. [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]